Meanings of War & Peace,9781585441235

Meanings of War & Peace

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ISBN13: 9781585441235
ISBN10: 1585441236
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

List of Tables
ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Dimensions and Interpretations of War and Peace 3(20)
Francis A. Beer
PART I: SEMANTICS 23(56)
Words of War: Terms, Concepts, Levels of Discourse
27(14)
Francis A. Beer
Words of Reason: Rationality and Rhetoric
41(17)
Francis A. Beer
Validities: Scientific and Political Realities
58(21)
Francis A. Beer
PART II: RHETORICS 79(36)
Postrealism, Just War, and the Gulf War Debate
83(10)
Francis A. Beer
Robert Hariman
Body, Mind, and Soul in the Gulf War Debate
93(13)
Francis A. Beer
Barry J. Balleck
Women's Words: Gender and Rhetoric in the Gulf War Debate
106(9)
Francis A. Beer
Laura Brunell
PART III: AUDIENCES 115(49)
Talking about Dying: Rhetorical Phases of the Somalia Intervention
117(22)
Francis A. Beer
G. R. Boynton
Beer and Quiche in the Fast Lane: Signaler's Dilemma, Democratic Debate, and the Gulf War
139(11)
Francis A. Beer
Mark I. Lichbach
Barry J. Balleck
Between Maastricht and Sarajevo: European Identities, Narratives, Myths
150(14)
Francis A. Beer
Jeffrey S. Kopstein
Conclusion: Language and the Meaning of War and Peace 164(15)
Francis A. Beer
Notes 179(6)
References 185(22)
Index 207

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