Bushspeak and the Politics of Lying: Presidential Rhetoric in the “War on Terror”

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 622-645

  Kellner, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85044800659     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2007.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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