Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama

Andrew S. Crines is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool and is co-editor of two volumes entitled Labour Orators from Bevan to Miliband and Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron. He has published widely in leading national and international journals including Politics and Religion, Global Discourse, and Political Quarterly. He tweets at @AndrewCrines. David S. Moon is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath. His research focuses on ideological conflict within political parties, post-structuralist theory, political rhetoric, and oratory. He has contributed book chapters to edited collections on oratory and social democratic politics, and published articles in academic journals including Politics, Public Policy and Administration and Subjectivity. Robert Lehrman is a professor of public communication at the American University, Washington D.C., USA. He is a speechwriter for numerous Democratic Party figures and the author of The Political Speechwriter's Companion .

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; Andrew S. Crines and Robert Lehrman
1. The Oratory of John F. Kennedy; Robert Lehrman
2. The Oratory of Lynton B. Johnson; Andrew Taylor
3. The Oratory of Robert Kennedy; Brendan Evans
4. The Oratory of Jimmy Carter; Donna Jackson and Robert Lehrman
5. The Oratory of Edward Kennedy; Timothy Heppell
6. The Oratory of Bill Clinton; Jon Herbert
7. The Oratory of Al Gore; Robert Busby
8. The Oratory of John Edwards; David S Moon
9. The Oratory of John Kerry; Jon Roper
10. The Oratory of Jessie Jackson; Felicia R. Stewart
11. The Oratory of Hillary Clinton; Mark Bennister
12. The Oratory of Barack Obama; Robert Lehrman and Andrew S Crines
Conclusion; David S. Moon
Bibliography
Index