Somalia and the imperial savage: Continuities in the rhetoric of war

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-24

  Butler, John R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinton; Peacekeeping; Public Argument; Savagery; Somalia; War Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036004385     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310209374723     Document Type: Article

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