The American Rhetorical Construction of the Iranian Nuclear Threat

by Jason Jones

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 Irans controversial nuclear programme. It takes an interdisciplinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441152776
• ISBN13: 9781441152770
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"