He is the author of Navigating the Post-Cold War World: President Clinton's Foreign Policy Rhetoric and The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism: Critical Essays. His work has also appeared in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Southern Journal of Communication, Communication Quarterly, The Howard Journal of Communications, as well as other journals and books. He has begun a line of research focusing on the evolving rhetorical arguments for military intervention within U.S. foreign policy and international political rhetoric. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2009 National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Email: jasonedwards57@hotmail.com.