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ID130596
Title ProperWar hawks
Other Title Informationusing newspapers to trace a phrase, 1792-1812
LanguageENG
AuthorHickey, Donald R
Publication2014.
Summary / Abstract (Note)When Readex put its huge newspaper archive online between 2004 and 2006, it created a powerful tool for scholars to better understand the past. A case in point is the genesis of the term "War Hawk." Historians have always assumed that this term originated on the eve of the War of 1812, but a search of the Readex digital newspaper archive reveals that by then it already had been in use for at least twenty years. Like other derogatory terms-such as "Tory" and "aristocrat" or "Jacobin" and "mobocrat"-it was an established phrase in the American political lexicon. But unlike those terms, it was used by both parties whenever the opposition party talked of going to war.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Military History Vol;.8, No.2; April 2014: p.725-740
Journal SourceJournal of Military History Vol;.8, No.2; April 2014: p.725-740
Key WordsWar ;  War History ;  History ;  War Hawk ;  Media Role ;  Aristocrat ;  Jacobin ;  News Paper ;  Derogatory Terms ;  Political Lexicon ;  United States - US ;  American Political Lexicon - APL