Securing the prize : presidential metaphor and US intervention in the Persian Gulf / Randall Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Randall, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Language--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Rhetoric.

Metaphor--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Metaphor.

Communication in politics--United States--History--20th century.

Communication in politics.

United States--Foreign relations--Persian Gulf Region.

United States.

Persian Gulf Region--Foreign relations--United States.

Persian Gulf Region.

Physical Description:

xi, 266 pages : 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2024]

Summary:

"How presidential metaphors have shaped US discourse on the Persian Gulf. From the 1970s to the 1990s American presidents and their advisers introduced four metaphors into foreign-policy discourse that taught Americans to view the Persian Gulf as a vulnerable region and site of US responsibility on the world stage. In Securing the Prize: Presidential Metaphor and US Intervention in the Persian Gulf, Randall Fowler argues that, for half a century, metaphor has been central to defining America's role in the Middle East. Metaphors served as shorthand for presidents to promote their policies, filtering through the judgments of officials, journalists, experts, and critics to mediate American perceptions of the Gulf War. Tracing the use of security metaphors from President Richard Nixon to President George W. Bush, Fowler revises mainstream understandings regarding the origins of the War on Terror and explains the disconnect between skeptical public attitudes toward US involvement in the Gulf War and the heavy American military footprint in the region"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Presidential Rhetoric and the Persian Gulf

Metaphor, the Middle East, and the American Imagination

Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Twin Pillars

Reagan and Strategic Consensus

Bush and the New World Order

Clinton and Dual Containment

Conclusion : The Axis of Evil and Beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fowler, Randall. Securing the prize

ISBN:

9781643365503

1643365509

9781643365077

164336507X

OCLC:

1430191726