President Bush's enthymeme of evil: The amalgamation of 9/11, Iraq, and moral values

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-47

  Smith, Craig Allen ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Bush; Jeremiad; Kerry

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944454308     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205279432     Document Type: Article

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