The greater Middle East and reform in the Bush administration's ideological imagination

Geographical Review

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 400-424

  Stewart, Dona J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geopolitics; George W. Bush; Identity construction; Middle East; Political geography; Presidency

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745594811     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2005.tb00373.x     Document Type: Article

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