When intentions go awry: The bush administration's foreign policy rhetoric

Political Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-113

  Cole, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bush; Campaign rhetoric; Cold War rhetoric; Exceptionalism; Foreign policy rhetoric; Literalization; Metaphorical themes; Reality construction; Rhetorical exigence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306759     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.1996.9963097     Document Type: Article

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