Jason Jones analyzes the rhetorical construction of the Iranian nuclear threat during the Bush presidency, and US/Iran relations more generally.
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
Jason Jones is a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Washington, USA.