"The three coeditors of this posthumous publicationAnthony Burke, Kyle Jensen, and Jack Selzerhave done a commendable job assembling this material, which efforts they narrate fully in their valuable introduction. . . . [ The War on Words is a] revealing remnant of Burkes dissertation on motives, a companion volume to his Rhetoric. It is neither a sequel nor a prequel nor a detour nor a summary; it is something more essential." * European Legacy * "The volume provides Burkes fascinating, mid-career reflections upon his intellectual trajectory. . . .[ the editors] efforts have done scholars a tremendous service." * American Literary History * Burke provides an account of enduring rhetorical 'devices' prevalent in all aspects of our mediated individual and organizational lives. In so doing, he enables the reader to decode how these devices subversively shape public attitudes toward war often under the guise of peace. * Organization *
