Hard jobs and good ambition: U.S. Army generals and the rhetoric of modesty

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-205

  Dowd, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034346360     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2000.23.2.183     Document Type: Article

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