Metaphorical World Politics

List of Figures viii List of Tables viii Foreword ix Introduction. METAPHORS, POLITICS, AND WORLD POLITICS 5(50) Francis A. Beer and Christ'l De Landtsheer Section 1. METAPHORICAL DEMOCRACY 55(56) Embodied Meaning in American Public Discourse during the Cold War 59(16) Richard B. Gregg Democracy, War, and Decivilizing Metaphors of American Insecurity 75(16) Robert L. Ivie The Causal Power of Metaphor: Cueing Democratic Identities in Russia and Beyond 91(20) Richard D. Anderson, Jr. Section 2. METAPHORICAL WAR AND PEACE 111(82) Sports Metaphors and Public Policy: The Football Theme in Desert Storm Discourse 121(20) Dale A. Herbeck Paths through the Minefields of Foreign Policy Space: Practical Reasoning in U.S. Senate Discourse about Cambodia 141(22) Francis A. Beer and G. Robert Boynton Talking about Srebrenica: Dutch Elites and Dutchbat. How Metaphors Change during Crisis 163(30) Christ'l De Landtsheer and Ilse De Vrij Section 3. METAPHORICAL GLOBALIZATION 193(68) The Power of Metaphors and the Metaphors of Power: The United States in the Cold War and After 199(18) Keith L. Shimko Metaphors of U.S. Global Leadership: The Psychological Dynamics of Metaphorical Thinking during the Carter Years 217(20) Jerel A. Rosati and Steven J. Campbell Megametaphorics: Rereading Globalization and Virtualization as Rhetorics of World Politics 237(24) Timothy W. Luke Conclusion. METAPHORICAL WORLD POLITICS 261(4) Francis A. Beer and Christ'l De Landtsheer References 265(50) About the Contributors 315(4) Indices 319