TY - BOOK ID - 77921369 TI - Legitimisation in political discourse : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric PY - 2006 SN - 1282191373 9786612191374 1443807648 9781443807647 9781282191372 1847180809 9781847180803 6612191376 PB - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, DB - UniCat KW - Rhetoric KW - Rhetoric and psychology. KW - Communication in politics KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. KW - Psychology and rhetoric KW - Literature KW - Psychology KW - Language and languages KW - Speaking KW - Authorship KW - Expression KW - Literary style KW - Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 KW - Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) KW - Terror War, 2001-2009 KW - Terrorism War, 2001-2009 KW - War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - Military history, Modern KW - Terrorism KW - World politics KW - Afghan War, 2001 KW - -Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 KW - -Political aspects KW - History KW - Psychological aspects KW - Prevention KW - War on Terrorism, 2001 KW - -Psychology and rhetoric KW - Political aspects KW - Afghan War, 2001-2021 KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921369 AB - How did the G.W. Bush administration manage to persuade Americans to go to war in Iraq in March 2003? How was this intervention, and the global campaign named as "war-on-terror," legitimised linguistically? This book shows that the best legitimisation effects in political discourse are accomplished through the use of 'proximization'-a cognitive-rhetorical strategy that draws on the speaker's ability to present events as directly and increasingly affecting the addressee, usually in a negative ... ER -