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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826351703321
• Autore: Jones Jason <1981->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; New York, : Continuum, 2011
• ISBN: 1-4742-1198-4; 1-283-12243-X; 9786613122438; 1-4411-2014-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.17470955
• Soggetti: Nuclear nonproliferation - Iran; Communication in politics - United States - History - 21st century; United States Foreign relations Iran; Iran Foreign relations United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-186) and index
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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