Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama
by Sam Leith
An engaging tour of rhetoric from Aristotle through today, showing how persuasive language shapes politics, culture, and everyday speech.
About This Book
Words Like Loaded Pistols traces the art of persuasion from ancient Greece to contemporary public life.
Sam Leith surveys major thinkers and movements that shaped rhetorical theory and practice.
The book examines how speakers and writers have used language to influence audiences across centuries.
Readers encounter clear explanations of classical concepts alongside modern political examples.
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