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In the case of Chernobyl, the disaster ruptured the “social compact” between the Soviet government and the people; efforts to overcome the resulting disillusionment quickly became the focus of state efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In bringing dramatically different kinds of scholarship (lengthy rhetorical critiques, technical analyses, and Op-Eds) together, the book highlights the authors' versatility and commitment to reaching multiple audiences with their work.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Gordon R. Mitchell, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Argumentation in Context\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eList of Interviews and Personal Communications\u003cbr\u003eNote to Readers\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Volume One. Image and Reality: The Declining Role of Evidence in Public Discourse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: Kal and Cracks in the Rhetorical Wall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoute R-20—Terry Graves Illustration\u003cbr\u003eTakahashi—Novosti Satellite Map\u003cbr\u003eOgarkov Double Loop Map—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eMap Credits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Did the United States Suppress Ground-to-Air Communications?\u003cbr\u003e2. KAL 007 and the Superpowers: An International Argument\u003cbr\u003e3. The KAL Tapes\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eBCAS \u003c\/em\u003eCorrespondence: “Flight 007: Was There Foul Play?”\u003cbr\u003e5. The Need for Evaluative Criteria: Conspiracy Argument Revisited\u003cbr\u003e6. Soviet Media Tactics and the Body Politic: Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases\u003cbr\u003e7. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Comparative Treatments of the KAL 007 and Iran Air Shootdowns\u003cbr\u003e8. Of Mighty Mice and Meek Men: Contextual Reconstruction of the Iranian Airbus Shootdown\u003cbr\u003e9. “007”—Conspiracy or Accident?\u003cbr\u003e10. Flight 007\u003cbr\u003e11. Carlos the Jackal Attacks RFE\/RL!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: Chernobyl, Eco-Nationalism, and Loss of Rhetorical Control\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Original Sarcophagus (1989)\u003cbr\u003eThe Interior Access Door to Unit 4—Укрытие (1989)\u003cbr\u003eA Billboard at the Rovno Nuclear Station\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(1996)\u003cbr\u003eNew Secure Confinement (2019)\u003cbr\u003ePhoto Credits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Chernobyl in the Soviet Media: Unintentional Ironies, Unprecedented Events\u003cbr\u003e13. Redefining Glasnost in the Soviet Media: The Recontextualization of Chernobyl\u003cbr\u003e14. Chernobyl: From the Ashes a New Society?\u003cbr\u003e15. Nuclear Power in the USSR\u003cbr\u003e16. Civilian Nuclear Power in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Case of Cognitive Dissonance\u003cbr\u003e17. Soviet News Media: Uncertainty in the Throes of Change\u003cbr\u003e18. Nuclear Power and Ecological Debates in the Soviet Press, Mid-1988 to Mid-1989\u003cbr\u003e19. The Final Days: The Development of Argumentative Discourse in the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival\u003cbr\u003e21. Nonrational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power\u003cbr\u003e22. Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety\u003cbr\u003e23. Soviet Bureaucracy and Nuclear Safety\u003cbr\u003e24. Review of Two Books by David R. Marples\u003cbr\u003e25. Review of \u003cem\u003ePlutopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e26. Review of Plokhy, \u003cem\u003eChernobyl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27. Pseudo-Science and Potemkin-History\u003cbr\u003e28. Confronting Climate Change: Assessing the Role of Nuclear Power \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359913640279,"sku":"9781644697320","price":84.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644697320.jpg?v=1754126096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rhetorical-rise-and-demise-of-democracy-in-russian-political-discourse-volume-1-the-path-from-disaster-toward-russian-democracy-9781644697320","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}