The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of "Democracy" in Russian Political Discourse, Volume 1
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David Cratis Williams is Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Florida Atlantic University. His scholarship focuses on argumentation, rhetorical theory, and criticism; he is a recognized authority on Kenneth Burke. His work on Russian political discourse began during a meeting in Russia in January 1992.Young Marilyn J.:
Marilyn J. Young is the Wayne C. Minnick Professor of Communication Emerita at Florida State University. Her research has focused on political argument with an emphasis on the development of political rhetoric and argument in the former Soviet Union, particularly Russia. She remains an active scholar in retirement.Launer Michael K.:
Michael K. Launer is Professor Emeritus of Russian at Florida State University. In 1987 he interpreted for the first group of Soviet scientists visiting the US following Chernobyl. A State Department certified technical interpreter, he supported Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy assistance programs through 2012.David Cratis Williams is Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Florida Atlantic University. His scholarship focuses on argumentation, rhetorical theory, and criticism; he is a recognized authority on Kenneth Burke. His work on Russian political discourse began during a meeting in Russia in January 1992.Marilyn J. Young is the Wayne C. Minnick Professor of Communication Emerita at Florida State University. Her research has focused on political argument with an emphasis on the development of political rhetoric and argument in the former Soviet Union, particularly Russia. She remains an active scholar in retirement.Michael K. Launer is Professor Emeritus of Russian at Florida State University. In 1987 he interpreted for the first group of Soviet scientists visiting the US following Chernobyl. A State Department certified technical interpreter, he supported Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy assistance programs through 2012.
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Acknowledgements List of Interviews and Personal Communications Note to Readers Preface
Introduction to Volume One. Image and Reality: The Declining Role of Evidence in Public Discourse
Part One: Kal and Cracks in the Rhetorical Wall
Route R-20-Terry Graves Illustration Takahashi-Novosti Satellite Map Ogarkov Double Loop Map-The New York Times Map Credits
1. Did the United States Suppress Ground-to-Air Communications? 2. KAL 007 and the Superpowers: An International Argument 3. The KAL Tapes 4. BCAS Correspondence: "Flight 007: Was There Foul Play?" 5. The Need for Evaluative Criteria: Conspiracy Argument Revisited 6. Soviet Media Tactics and the Body Politic: Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases 7. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Comparative Treatments of the KAL 007 and Iran Air Shootdowns 8. Of Mighty Mice and Meek Men: Contextual Reconstruction of the Iranian Airbus Shootdown 9. "007"-Conspiracy or Accident? 10. Flight 007 11. Carlos the Jackal Attacks RFE/RL!
Part Two: Chernobyl, Eco-Nationalism, and Loss of Rhetorical Control
The Original Sarcophagus (1989) The Interior Access Door to Unit 4-¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (1989) A Billboard at the Rovno Nuclear Station (1996) New Secure Confinement (2019) Photo Credits
12. Chernobyl in the Soviet Media: Unintentional Ironies, Unprecedented Events 13. Redefining Glasnost in the Soviet Media: The Recontextualization of Chernobyl 14. Chernobyl: From the Ashes a New Society? 15. Nuclear Power in the USSR 16. Civilian Nuclear Power in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Case of Cognitive Dissonance 17. Soviet News Media: Uncertainty in the Throes of Change 18. Nuclear Power and Ecological Debates in the Soviet Press, Mid-1988 to Mid-1989 19. The Final Days: The Development of Argumentative Discourse in the Soviet Union 20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival 21. Nonrational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power 22. Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety 23. Soviet Bureaucracy and Nuclear Safety 24. Review of Two Books by David R. Marples 25. Review of Plutopia 26. Review of Plokhy, Chernobyl 27. Pseudo-Science and Potemkin-History 28. Confronting Climate Change: Assessing the Role of Nuclear Power
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