Date of Award
Fall 11-9-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Mary E. Stuckey
Second Advisor
James F. Darsey
Third Advisor
Carol K. Winkler
Abstract
Historians of the founding years of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) acknowledge General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s role as the first Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), yet they ignore the effect Eisenhower’s rhetoric had in the creation of a sense of unity among Western European nations. Rhetorical analysis of Eisenhower’s time as SACEUR offers scholars a unique look into the founding years of NATO and the beginning of European unification. Using Kenneth Burke’s theory of the four master tropes, I analyze how Eisenhower’s role in the development of NATO was important to the eventual development of a unified Europe.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2368739
Recommended Citation
Fossum, Debra N., "Identification is Persuasion: Eisenhower’s Call for Unity and the Founding of NATO’s Military Headquarters." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2368739