Introduction: The soft power of war: Legitimacy and community in Iraq war discourses

Chouliaraki, Lilie

doi:10.1075/jlp.4.1.01cho

Article published In: The Soft Power of War: Legitimacy and community in Iraq war discourses
Edited by Lilie Chouliaraki
[Journal of Language and Politics 4:1] 2005
► pp. 1–10

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Introduction: The soft power of war

Legitimacy and community in Iraq war discourses

Lilie Chouliaraki | Copenhagen Business School

Published online: 8 June 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.4.1.01cho

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