President George Herbert Walker Bush’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress

President George Herbert Walker Bush’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the Nation, (‘Toward a New World Order’), 11 September, 1990.Access: http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/war/bushsr.htmThe Document Commentary provides you with an opportunity to deconstruct/analyse a key speech. Political leaders and experts use discourse to influence various groups and thereby construct a very specific approach to foreign policy making. This is often in conjunction with a major global event or international crisis. Students should aim to achieve the following:• Provide a brief content outline• Identify the context(s) from which the speech originates• Analyse the speech in terms of its objectives while identifying its target audience(s)• Consider/evaluate whether events validated the central message presented• Demonstrate a sufficient use of academic sources to enhance the analysis• Write in a suitably academic manner• Be able to reference to an acceptable level using the Harvard APA system