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Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels: Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump
By Battistella, Edwin L.
- ISBN
- 9780190050900
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Starred Review on February 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
Battistella (linguistics & writing, Southern Oregon University, Ashland; Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?) presents a short but insightful and informative history of presidential insults ("phrases or actions that express contempt or derision") in an engaging, sometimes anecdotal style, that teaches readers the difference between criticism and insult. Moving chronologically through ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
