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Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11

by Joan Didion, Frank Rich · 2003

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Discusses the rhetoric and media strategies of George W. Bush following the September 11th terrorist attacks.

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21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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short · 44 pages
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