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Acknowledgments
This book could not have been completed without the support of
many people. First and foremost, I would like to thank my wife
Sharon for her love, encouragement, and sacrifice. Besides allowing
me to take the time required to complete this project, Sharon was
also a great listener and proofreader, patiently hearing and reading
many times over the ideas contained in this volume. I would also like
to thank my daughters, Carmel and Ellie, who both entered the world
as this book was written and edited. Although they did not know it,
they gave me tremendous motivation every day. I would also like to
pay tribute to my parents, who encouraged me to pursue an area of
study that interested me, instead of a particular vocation, when I
began university. This led me to the field of international relations, a
subject that has fascinated me ever since I learnt of it and continues to
interest me greatly.
Besides my family, I would also like to thank Paul Taylor, my PhD
supervisor at the London School of Economics, who provided
encouragement and useful advice over the years it took to sharpen the
focus of my research and finish my dissertation—the basis for this
book. I would also like to thank a number of individuals who were
kind enough to sacrifice their time and to either read or to offer feed-
back through conversation as my dissertation evolved. In this regard,
I would especially like to thank Piers Robinson, Jan Art Scholte, Phil
Seib, Peter Wilson, Fred Halliday, Nelson Michaud, Ramin Kaweh,
Zhand Shakibi, Chris White, Martin Shaw, Bita Watts, and Nicky
Short. Special thanks also go to the staff at the Television News
Archive at Vanderbilt University, who provided access and organized
the videos needed to conduct my research. Furthermore, I would like
to thank Christopher Coker and Robin Brown for their efforts as my
PhD examiners and for providing beneficial advice and recommenda-
tions for turning the dissertation into a book.
Next, I want to thank Phil Seib for encouraging me to submit this
manuscript for publication with Palgrave Macmillan, and Steven
Livingston, who generously took time out of his busy schedule to