1. Introduction: Executive Power, the Press, and Iran2. The United States Versus Iran: Stasis Theoryand Defining the Nuclear Debate3. Controlling the Discourse: Interviews with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice4. Verbal Tug-of-War: An Interview with the Enemy5. The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate : A Visual Analysis of News Coverage6. Before World War III: Discourse Studiesand Social Change