How Did Dwight D Eisenhower Use Pathos In The Cold War

Dwight. D Eisenhower delivered a speech in 1953 that referred to the ongoing Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union. This situation did not include any general combat or war, instead it was a battle over technology. They had begun to battle over proving who could build a generous amount of atomic and nuclear weapons. When this started, many citizens and people globally were nervous about the outcome of a war this destructive. Atomic and nuclear weapons were powerful and could cause more damage than any other military weapon. The President of the US decided that it was not necessary to argue and came up with the idea to harness nuclear energy for other reasons. Using a formal yet cautious tone, Eisenhower effectively uses pathos,

The use of pathos effectively reaches the audience by creating a deeper understanding of the seriousness to atomic warfare and igniting fear. The audience is faced with the true reality of what warfare can do to not “only peace, but the very life of the world”(Eisenhower). To elaborate, this creates an idea that one wrong move by any nation could trigger another World War and ultimately affect how life will continue in the future. Stating that this type of war could affect countless human lives, ignites concern in the board of audience. The tension between nations, including the United States and Soviet Union, became a danger to the citizens; and the only way to prevent the “fearful material damage and toll of human lives' '(Eisenhower) would be to end this atomic warfare completely. Eisenhower includes words such as “toll” to represent the amount of humans that could die due to atomic warfare. This invokes fear and creates a negative emotion towards warfare. These emotions will make the audience question whether the use of atomic warfare is valid for

By using this device, he gives the audience a double look at both sides of the argument and a better understanding of what is in the United State’s interests. Eisenhower first explains that the United States is his country and it wants nothing more than to be “constructive and not destructive”(Eisenhower), by making the two words contradict it demonstrates the true wishes of the country. It provides higher levels of hope to the United Nations that the United States intention is global peace and not warfare. Esienhower continues to explain the outcomes of atomic warfare by defending that the United States has “retaliation capabilities… so great that such an aggressors land would be laid to waste” but juxtaposes himself by adding “ all this, while fact, is not the true expression of the purpose and hopes of the United States”(Eisenhower). The speaker is giving the audience the reality that warfare could happen and cause devastation through lands; however if they agree with the United States plan, the energy can be redirected. He emphasizes that warfare is not in the future of the United States and that it only wants peace for itself and all other countries. The audience will sway more with Eisenhower’s thesis because they were provided with valid statements that left an impact on viewpoints towards