Safire's Political Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0195343344
- ISBN-13
- 9780195343342
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 862
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- William Safire
Description
Featuring more than one thousand new, rewritten, and updated entries, this reference on American politics explains current terms in politics, economics, and diplomacy.
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