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Examining the Rhetoric of Wartime Sacrifice [audio 5min]

Many wartime presidents have used the rhetoric of sacrifice, including President Bush. Using the argument of sacrifice by dead soldiers dates back to the Athenian Golden Age. The idea is that invoking the dead makes it hard to argue against a war. David Rabin reports.
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