Why Rhetoric matters: George H. W. Bush in the white house

The Rhetorical Presidency of George H. W. Bush

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-18

  Medhurst, Martin J ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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