RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric Series ; Volume 9
Print version: Hill, Ian E. J. (Ian Edward Jackson), 1974- Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism : Technological and Rhetorical Paradox. First edition. University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, c2018 xi, 230 pages RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric ; Volume 9. ISBN 9780271081236
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: techne’s paradox and weapons rhetoric -- Thomas Malthus’s population bomb as a pre-text for techne’s paradox -- Preaching dynamite : August Spies at the Haymarket trial -- Humane, all too humane : the chemical-weapons advocacy of Major General Amos A. Fries -- Toward a peaceful bomb : Leo Szilard’s paradoxical life -- Industrial antipathy : irreparability and Ted Kaczynski’s IEDs -- Conclusion : in the presence of weapons and rhetoric.