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Argumentation in Actual Practice: Topical studies about argumentative discourse in context
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
[
Argumentation in Context
17] 2019
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Chapter 6
Strategic ambiguity as an argumentative resource
The case of Lyndon Johnson, 50 years later
David Zarefsky
Article outline
Introduction
The case study
The ambiguities
The bombing halt
The troop announcement
Greater reliance on South Vietnam
The gold crisis and the plea for the surtax
The withdrawal statement
Conclusions and implications
References
Published online: 23 September 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.17.06zar
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