Rhetorical Power in Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy Speech
Words: 718 Pages: 2 6742Introduction On December 8, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a momentous speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. This address, known as the "Date of Infamy" speech, was delivered in the aftermath of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Roosevelt's speech had two primary objectives: to persuade Congress to declare war on Japan and to rally the American public in support of the war effort. In this essay, we […]