Robert Ivie

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Robert Lynn Ivie (born July 29, 1945, in Medford, Oregon) is an American academic known for his works on American public rhetoric concerning war and terrorism. [1]

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Education and career

Ivie obtained a Ph.D. in rhetoric and communication in 1972 from Washington State University. He taught at Gonzaga University from 1972-1974, at Idaho State University from 1974-1975, at Washington State University from 1975-1986 (where he was briefly chair of the communication department in 1983) and at Texas A&M University from 1986-1993. In 1993, he came to Indiana University where he was a professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University until he retired in May 2013. [2]

Books

Ivie is the author or co-author of books including

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References

  1. See, e.g., Achter (2010): "Few in communication and rhetorical studies today are better versed in war rhetoric than Robert L. Ivie."
  2. "Profile", Robert L. Ivie, Indiana University, retrieved 2020-01-24
  3. Reviews of Congress Declares War:
  4. Reviews of Cold War Rhetoric:
  5. Reviews of Democracy and America's War on Terror:
  6. Review of Dissent From War:
  7. Reviews of Hunt the Devil: