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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity Press of America, Incorporated

ISBN-100819147710

ISBN-139780819147714

eBay Product ID (ePID)694082

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameHow to Win Arguments

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMedia Studies, Rhetoric

Publication Year1985

FeaturesReprint

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Social Science

AuthorWilliam A. Rusher

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN85-013344

Dewey Edition19

ReviewsRusher's clear thinking and wit sparkle as he goes on to list categories of arguments, describe gambits that are not cricket and explain what to do when trouble looms...Instructive and entertaining., This is the book for feminists who want to know how to win arguments against THE MAN at home, in the office, or on the rostrum., This is the book for feminists who want to know how to win arguments against THE MAN at home, in the office, or on the rostrum.>>>>, Rusher's clear thinking and wit sparkle as he goes on to list categories of arguments, describe gambits that are not cricket and explain what to do when trouble looms...Instructive and entertaining.>>>>, "This is the book for feminists who want to know how to win arguments against THE MAN at home, in the office, or on the rostrum." -- The Hon. Clare Boothe Luce "Rusher's clear thinking and wit sparkle as he goes on to list categories of arguments, describe gambits that are not cricket and explain what to do when trouble looms...Instructive and entertaining." -- Publishers Weekly " Rusher's clear thinking and wit sparkle as he goes on to list categories of arguments, describe gambits that are not cricket and explain what to do when trouble looms...Instructive and entertaining. " -- Publishers Weekly " This is the book for feminists who want to know how to win arguments against THE MAN at home, in the office, or on the rostrum. " -- The Hon. Clare Boothe Luce

Dewey Decimal808.53

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisThis entertaining work, sprinkled with illustrative real-life anecdotes, is a comprehensive guide to the techniques, rhetorical devices and principles of successful argumentation. The author, a debater since age thirteen, has lectured widely. Publisher of the National Review, Rusher is also a television commentator and syndicated columnist. Originally published by Doubleday in 1981.

LC Classification NumberPN4181.R8 1985