Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations, Acronyms, Technical Terms, and Conventions -- Note on References -- 1 The Dictator and Defense -- 2 Before Stalinism: The Early 1920s -- 3 Hierarchies and Markets: The Defense Industry Under Stalin -- 4 Planning the...

COVER -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- HARE KRISHNA -- MY THINKING -- AN ELEGY -- INSPIRATION -- PRAYINGS Of JATAYU -- PRAYER TO HANUMAN -- CONCENTRATION -- CHANDAMAMA -- PRAYER -- AFTER RETURNING FROM VANCOUVER -- COMPARISON -- A REAL FRIEND -- A-FEAST - AND A QUESTION -- WHY? -- THIS IS WHAT I FEEL...

Describing a rhetorical approach to crisis communication, this text reviews rhetorical perspective on organizational crisis, raising questions and provoking issues. It aims to add depth and a breadth of understanding to the analysis of the rhetorical implications of a crisis

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