The Discursive Construction of National Security Threats from 2001-2018

This thesis seeks to explain the discursive construction of national security threats facing the United States from 2001-2018. The driving argument is that the nation's perception of threats and conceptualization of itself are vulnerable to Presidential rhetoric. Presidents convey threats throu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stieper, Erica Marie
Other Authors: Political Science
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83827