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In this second edition of Statecraft and Stagecraft Robert Schmuhl brings up to date his provocative exploration of the involvement of the media in our public life by including a new chapter on the Persian Gulf War.
"Schmuhl writes in an interesting, entertaining style. His book needs to be read—especially by politicians." —Choice
"In a short, accessible and entertaining sequence of essays, Schmuhl... deals with the interplay between politics and modern communication, between substance and image." —Chicago Tribune
“Schmuhl . . . describes how the telegenic presidency of Ronald Reagan changed the American political scene. . . . It documents the sad way in which the electronic age, which is enhanced by smaller cameras and more sophisticated satellite equipment every year, is thinning out whatever substance was left in politics. But Schmuhl is neither preachy nor alarmist. His style is beautifully clear and enlightening.” —New York Daily News
Robert Schmuhl is the Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Chair in American Studies and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 1980. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Fifty Years with Father Hesburgh: On and Off the Record (University of Notre Dame Press, 2016) and In So Many More Words: Arguments and Adventures, Expanded Edition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010).
Foreword to the 2016 Printing
Preface
- Smokeless Politics
- Image-Making and Anti-Image Journalism
- The Bully Pulpit at Center Stage
- The Momentary Majority
- Cyclops or Big Bird?
- Temptations of Technology
Postscript: The Theater of War, The War as Theater, and Other Matters
Notes
Acknowledgments and Annotations