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- USabbreviationacronyminitialismgovernmentAbbreviation of Global War on Terror(ism).
In the 2008 presidential election, although both candidates were caught within the GWOT discourse trap, there was an attempt by the Democrats to contest the content of the GWOT by arguing that Afghanistan was the central front in the war on terror, rather than Iraq.
2013, Jeffrey H. Michaels, The Discourse Trap and the US Military […] , Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBNSynonyms: Global War on Terrorism, Global War on Terror, WOT, WoT, Wot, War on Terrorism, War on Terror, Long War
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GWOT. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GWOT
“GWOT.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GWOT. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “GWOT,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GWOT.
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