03236cam a22004578i 4500 22222917 US-DLC 20251110081717.0 210907s2022 enk b 001 0 eng 2021037450 9780367367589 (hardback) 9781032169958 (paperback) 9780429351235 (ebook) 22222917 au eng rda au pcc n-us--- Alfaisal Main Library JZ1480.A5 L87 2022 Lusk, Adam, author. Rhetoric, media, and the narratives of US foreign policy : making enemies / Adam Lusk. 2022 2112 Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. 204 pages cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Routledge studies in US foreign policy Includes bibliographical references and index. Threats as social facts -- Towards a theory of threat legitimation -- "Sister" Chile and "Saving" Cuba : newspaper and logos -- Democracy and dictatorship : threats of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the radio age -- Freedom fighters and the drug lord : threats of Nicaragua and Noriega during television media ecology -- Conclusion. "Rhetoric, Media and the Narratives of US Foreign Policy: Making Enemies studies the process of communicating threats to the US public and explores when and why the American public believes another country or regime is a threat. Through a comparative and historical study, the author focuses on how the media environment enables and constrains rhetorical strategies deployed to construct, reproduce, and change narratives about a threat. Recent literature on threat inflation, securitization, and critical security studies returned to the concept of "threat." Building on this renewed conceptual attention, this book examines why and how policy makers and other public figures, in particular the President, convince the public about a threat and will be of interest to students and academics in the disciplines of political science, international relations, foreign policy, security studies and contemporary history. Adam Lusk is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Rosemont College, USA. He teaches courses in International Relations and Comparative Politics, as well as First Year Connections Seminar. His research interests include international security, threat perception, global environmental politics, and norms and ethics in International Relations"-- Rhetoric Political aspects United States. Mass media and international relations United States. Presidents United States Language. United States Foreign relations Public opinion. United States Foreign relations 20th century. Print books. local 4 Online version: Lusk, Adam. Rhetoric, media, and the narratives of US foreign policy Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780429351235 (DLC) 2021037451 lcc BOOKS 607871 607871 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-11-10 0 JZ1480.A5 L87 2022 AU00000000020914 2025-11-10 08:18:29 400.00 2025-11-10 BOOKS