Apologia, Antapologia, and the 1960 Soviet U-2 Incident

Abstract

The study advances a typology of antapologia (discursive reply to apologia) by examining Soviet responses to U.S. image repair during the 1960 U-2 incident. Following U.S. image repair, the Soviets used strategies designed to strengthen its persuasive attack on the United States as well as to weaken U.S. apologia.

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Kevin A. Stein

Ron Tamborini (Ph.D., 1982, Indiana University) is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University