Bill Clinton’s “new partnership” anecdote: Toward a post-Cold War foreign policy rhetoric

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-325

  Edwards, Jason A ^a   Valenzano, Joseph M ^b  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Bill Clinton; Democracy promotion; Foreign policy rhetoric; Narrative; Post Cold War; Representative anecdote

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749156327     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.6.3.03edw     Document Type: Article

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