The American rhetorical construction of the Iranian nuclear threat Jason Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Jason, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation--Iran.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Communication in politics--United States--History--21st century.

Communication in politics.

United States--Foreign relations--Iran.

United States.

Iran--Foreign relations--United States.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 2002 to 2008, the Bush administration argued that Iran was developing nuclear weapons, despite years of inconclusive International Atomic Energy Agency inspection reports. In the absence of substantive evidence, much of the debate was conducted via public forums with a heavy persuasive element to the discourse. This book offers an in-depth consideration of the rhetoric surrounding Iran's controversial nuclear programme. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining speeches, interviews, news reports, online message boards and newspaper layouts during the Bush Presidency (2000-2008). E

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Executive Power, the Press, and Iran

Chapter 2 The United States Versus Iran: Stasis Theoryand Defining the Nuclear Debate

Chapter 3 Controlling the Discourse: Interviews with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Chapter 4 Verbal Tug-of-War: An Interview with the Enemy

Chapter 5 The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate : A Visual Analysis of News Coverage

Chapter 6 Before World War III: Discourse Studiesand Social Change

Appendix A Excerpt from Interview on ABCs This Week with George Stephanopoulos and Peter Jennings

Appendix B Interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News

Appendix C Excerpt from Interview with Andrea Mitchell of NBC News

Appendix D Excerpt from Interview on CBSs Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer and Doyle McManus

Appendix E Excerpt from Remarks to the National Conference of Editorial Writers

Appendix F Excerpt from Interview with Bill OReilly of The OReilly Factor on Fox News

Appendix G Excerpt from Interview with Andrea Koppel of CNN

Appendix H Excerpt from Interview with Barbara Slavinand Ray Locker of USA Today

Appendix I Excerpt from Interview on the Sean Hannity Show

Bibliography

Index

Preface \ 1. Introduction: Executive power, the Press and Iran \ 2. The United States versus Iran: Using Statis Theory to Examine a Tale of Two Definitions \ 3. Controlling the Discourse: Interviews with the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice \ 4. A Verbal Tug-of-War with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad \ 5. The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate: A Failed Rhetoric of Resistance \ 6. Before World War III: Discourse Studies and Social Change \ Bibliography \ Appendix: Excerpts from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Interviews \ Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-186) and index

ISBN:

9786613122438

9781474211987

1474211984

9781283122436

128312243X

9781441120144

1441120149

OCLC:

727649565