The Domestic Crisis Rhetoric of President Richard Nixon: The Oil Crisis of 1973 Cover Image

Retoryka prezydenta Richarda Nixona wobec kryzysu naftowego w 1973
The Domestic Crisis Rhetoric of President Richard Nixon: The Oil Crisis of 1973

Author(s): Marta Rzepecka
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: oil crisis;Richard Nixon;presidential rhetoric;domestic crisis rhetoric;Watergate scandal

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on President Richard Nixon’s address to the nation delivered on the 7th of November 1973 about policies to deal with the energy shortages as an exemplar of domestic crisis rhetoric. Based on Theodore Otto Windt, Jr.’s and Denise Bostdorff and Donald O’Rourke’s arguments that make up the genre of domestic crisis rhetoric, the author describes the rhetorical situation of the address, examines it for the characteristics of domestic crisis rhetoric, and discusses the rhetorical effect in the social context.

  • Issue Year: 6/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 68-83
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish