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[There are two panelist requests in this email. If you are interested in joining either panel, please reply off-list to the individuals.] We are seeking a third panelist for a panel we are putting together on pre-presidential rhetoric for SHAFR Annual Meeting 2010. The first paper focuses on Richard Nixon and his congressional, senatorial, and vice-presidential rhetoric. Using the advantages the rhetorical approach offers, the panelist looks at the anti-Communism in Nixon's political discourse in order to show how both his political views and communication skills evolved as a result of the experiences he gained. As a politician and statesman Nixon went through several distinct phases, which do not merely form a chronological sequence. The panelist contends that each can be identified with a particular, dominant rhetorical technique. The second paper focuses on Johnson's shift in foreign policy rhetoric, specifically concerning Vietnam. The panelist argues that a strong foreign policy ideology can be found in LBJ's Congressional and Senate rhetoric but that his stance wavers once he becomes president. The panelist argues that presidents often feel a need to conform with the policies of their predecessors and Johnson felt the need to change his own style to more closely match Kennedy's. We are inviting anyone interested in a similar topic with a paper that would be a good fit. Contact information: Marta Rzepecka Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland americana2180@wp.pl Thank you. Yours faithfully, Marta Rzepecka ______________________________________________________ Good Morning all, I am looking to put together a panel which would deal with Anglo-American Relations or Franco-American relations in the Interwar or Postwar period. The focus would be how major power relations were affected by or influenced relations with smaller independent or colonial powers. My paper would focus on American inroads into relations with British spheres of Influence in the late war, immediate post war period. If you are interested, please reply to: psoybel@clcillinois.edu Thanks, Phyllis Soybel Phyllis L. Soybel Chair and Professor, Department of History College of Lake County
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