Publications Books and Monographs Metaphorical World Politics (Francis A. Beer and Christ'l de Landtsheer, Eds.) (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press, 2004). Meanings of War and Peace. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001). Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations, Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman, Eds. (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press, 1996), 429 pp. Peace against War: The Ecology of International Violence. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1981), 450 pp. How Much War in History: Definitions, Estimates Extrapolations, and Trends. (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1975), 40 pp. The Political Economy of Alliances: Benefits, Costs, and Institutions in NATO. (Beverly Hills: Sage, 1972), 40 pp. Alliances: Latent War Communities in the Contemporary World, edited. (New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1970), 384 pp. Integration and Disintegration in NATO: Processes of Alliance Cohesion and Prospects for Atlantic Community. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1969), 330 pp. Articles, Chapters, Review Essays, and Notes (*=Refereed) Forthcoming "Globalizing North-South: Multiple News Media in the Emerging Global Communication Space," (with G. R. Boynton) in Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson, North and South in the World Political Economy (London UK: Blackwell, est. 2007). Published "Globalizing Terrorism and the Internet" (with G. R. Boynton). Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference. Amsterdam, June 2007. * "Globalizing Sympathy" (with G. R. Boynton), in Charles Arthur Willard, ed., Critical Problems in Argumentation: Selected Papers from the 13th Biennial Conference on Argumentation Sponsored by the American Forensic Association and National Communication Association, August 2003 (Washington DC: National Communication Association, 2005). "Le post-réalisme après le 11 septembre" (with Robert Hariman), Etudes Internationales 35, 4 (December, 2004) (special issue on "La théorie internationale face au 11 septembre et ses conséquences. Perspectives libérales et critiques,"edited by Dario Battistella): 689-719. * "Dynamic Decisions: Experimental Reactions to War, Peace, and Terrorism" (with Alice F. Healy, and Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.) in Margaret G. Hermann, Ed., Advances in Political Psychology Vol. 1 (Oxford UK: Elsevier, 2004): 139-167. "Metaphors, Politics, and World Politics," (with Christ'l de Landtsheer) in Metaphorical World Politics (Francis A. Beer and Christ'l de Landtsheer, eds.) (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press, 2004). "Paths through the Minefields of Foreign Policy Space: Practical Reasoning in U.S. Senate Discourse about Cambodia," (with G. Robert Boynton) in Metaphorical World Politics (Francis A. Beer and Christ'l de Landtsheer, Eds.) (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press, 2004). * "Globalizing Political Action: Building bin Laden and Getting Ready for 9/11" (with G. R. Boynton), The American Communication Journal 7 (2004). "The Reduction of War and the Creation of Peace" in Nicholas N. Kittrie, H. E. Rodrigo Carazo, and James R. Mancham, Eds., The Future of Peace in the Twenty-First Century: Overcoming the Discontents of a Global Community (Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2003): 73-77. "Terrorist Rhetorics, Rhetorics of Democracy, and Worlds of Meaning" in Gerard Hauser and Amy Grim, Eds. Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement. Lawrence Erlbaum (Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003): 73-74. "Military Conflict and Terrorism: General Psychology Informs International Relations" with Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. and Alice F. Healy. Review of General Psychology 7, 2 (June 2003): 189-202. * "Globalizing Terror" (with G. R. Boynton) POROI Journal 2, 1 (2003). Reprinted in "Globalizing Terror," (with G. R. Boynton) in Rolf Norgaard, ed., Composing Knowledge: Readings for College Writers (Boston MA: Bedford/St. Martin's: 2007): 774-782. * "Terrorists and Democrats: Individual Reactions to International Attacks" (with Alice F. Healy, Joshua M. Hoffman, and Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.). Political Psychology 23, 3 (September 2002): 439-467. "Metaphorical Politics: Mobilization or Tranquilization" (with Christ'l de Landtsheer) in F. H. van Eemeren, R. Grootendorst, J. A. Blair, and C. A.Willard (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (Amsterdam: SIC STAT, 1999): 42-48. "The World View of WorldView" (with G. R. Boynton) in Proceedings of the Speech Communication Association/American Forensic Association, Alta, Utah (1999). * "Memetic Meanings," Journal of Memetics 3, 1 (1999). "What Would Be Prudent: Forms of Reasoning in World Politics" (with Robert Hariman) in Stuart S. Nagel, Ed., Policy Analysis Methods (Commack NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1999): 205-230. * "What Would Be Prudent?" (with Robert Hariman) Rhetoric and Public Affairs (1998) 1, 3 (Fall): 299-330. * "Rhetorical Realism: Deconstructing Waltz," (with Robert Hariman) in International Studies Notes (1998) 23, 3 (Fall): 1-3. * "Politics, Language, and Distance Learning: Traveling Together Down the Information Superhighway," (with G. R. Boynton) in G. R Boynton and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Eds. MultiMedia Politics, Electronic Issue of Political Communication, 1998. "Realism and Rhetoric in International Relations" (with Robert Hariman) in Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations, Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman, Eds. (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press: 1996): 1-30. "Strategic Intelligence and Discursive Realities" (with Robert Hariman) in Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations, Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman, Eds. (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press: 1996): 387-414. "Realistic Rhetoric but not Realism: A Senatorial Conversation on Cambodia" (with G. R. Boynton) in Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations, Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman, Eds. (East Lansing MI: Michigan State University Press: 1996): 369-383. * "Peace and Gender: Differential Reactions to International Treaty Violations" (with L. Bourne, G. P. Sinclair, A. F. Healy) Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 2 (2) (1996): 143-149. "Body, Mind, and Soul in the Gulf War Debate," (with Barry J. Balleck) in Mary Stuckey, ed., The Theory and Practice of Political Communication Research (SUNY Press, 1996): 159-176. Reprinted in Meanings of War and Peace. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001), pp. 93-105. "Post-Realism, Just War, and the Gulf War Debate" (with Robert Hariman) in Sally Jackson, ed., Argumentation and Values: Proceedings of the Ninth SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation (Annandale VA, Speech Communication Association, 1995): 493-497. Reprinted in Ofer Feldman and Christ'l de Landtsheer, Eds., Politically Speaking: A Worldwide Examination of Language Use in the Public Sphere (Westport CT, Praeger, 1998), pp. 184-193; Meanings of War and Peace. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001), pp. 83-92. "Speaking about Dying," (with G. R. Boynton) in Sally Jackson, ed., Argumentation and Values: Proceedings of the Ninth SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation (Annandale VA, Speech Communication Association, 1995: 493-497): 550-556. * "Peace Agreement, Intractable Conflict, Escalation Trajectory: A Psychological Laboratory Experiment" (with A. F. Healy, G. P. Sinclair, L. E. Bourne, Jr.) International Studies Quarterly 39 (1995): 297-312. * "Realist/Idealist Texts: Psychometry and Semantics" (with Barry J. Balleck) Peace Psychology Review 1, 1 (Spring, 1994) 38-44. * "Words of Reason" Political Communication 11 (Summer, 1994): 185-201. Reprinted in Meanings of War and Peace. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001), pp. 41-57. * "Validities: A Political Science Perspective" Social Epistemology 7, 1 (1993): 85-105. Reprinted in Meanings of War and Peace. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001), pp. 58-78. "From Realism to Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations" (with Robert Hariman), in Raymie E. McKerrow, ed., Argument and the Postmodern Challenge: Proceedings of the Eighth SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation (Annandale VA: Speech Communication Association, November 1993): 260-266. * "Ranking International Cooperation and Conflict," (with J. F. Ringer, A. F. Healy, G. P. Sinclair, L. E. Bourne, Jr.) International Interactions 17, 4 (1992): 321-348. * "Reflections on Collective Consciousness: The Persian Gulf Debate," Normal Science and Vedic Science 5, 2 (1992): 7-13. "Peace, Violence, and Ideology," in Manuel J. Pelaez, ed. Papers in Comparative Political Science (Estudios de Sciencia politica comparada: trabajos en homenaje a Ferran Valls i Taberner con occasion del centanario de su nacimiento). (Malaga, Spain: Universidad de Malaga, 1990) pp. 4613-4625. "Theories of Peace," in Paul Smoker, Ruth Davies, and Barbara Munske, Eds. A Reader in Peace Studies (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1990) pp. 15-20. "International Security and Insecurity: Beyond Deterrence and Arms Control," in Edward A. Kolodziej and Patrick M. Morgan, eds., National Security and Arms Control: A Reference Guide to Theory and Practice (Westport Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989): pp. 279-295. * "War Cues and Foreign Policy Acts" (with A. F. Healy, G. P. Sinclair, and L. E. Bourne, Jr.), American Political Science Review, 81, 3 (September, 1987): pp. 701-716. "Just War," in L. Pauling, E. Lasso, J. Y. Yaw, World Encyclopedia of Peace (Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1987): I, 508-511. "Peace Against War," pp. 302-311 in L. P. Broomfield, ed., The Management of Global Disorder: Prospects for Creative Problem Solving (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1987). * "Why Wars End: Some Hypotheses," (with Thomas F. Mayer), Review of International Studies (England) 12, 1986: 95-106. * "Games and Metaphors," Journal of Conflict Resolution 30, 1 (March) 1986: 171-191. * "Global Evolution and Bonding," Politics and the Life Sciences 4,2 (February) 1986: 141-142. "Multiple Loyalties and Alienation," in M. D. Ward, ed., Theories, Models and Simulations in International Relations (Boulder: Westview Press, 1985): 345-368. * "Controlling Nuclear Weapons: The Evolution of Science, Morality, and Politics" Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 20, 4, 1984: 323-342. "Nuclear Weapons and the Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement," in W. Feld, ed., Energy and Security Concerns in the Atlantic Community (Boulder: Westview Press, 1984): 47-68. * "The Peace Movement and Atlantic Leadership," Atlantic Quarterly (London), 1, 4 (Winter) 1984: 255-264. * "American Major Peace, War, and Presidential Elections," Peace and Change, 10, 1 1984: 23-40. * "Peace, War, and American Presidents," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 11, 1 (Spring) 1983: 1-10. * "Trends in American Major War and Peace," Journal of Conflict Resolution, 27, 4 (December) 1983: 661-686. "Research as Action," Peace News 7 (January) 1983: 15-16. Reprinted in Fourth World News, 1 (March) 1983: 6. * "War and Disease," Notes, Center for Biopolitical Research, Northern Illinois University, April/July, 1981. * "The Epidemiology of Peace and War," International Studies Quarterly, 23, 1 (March) 1979: 45-86. * "World Order and World Futures," Journal of Conflict Resolution, 23, 1 (March) 1979: 174-192. "Alternative World Futures," in B. Weston et. al., eds., Peace and World Order Studies (New York: Institute for World Order, 1978): 288-297. "A Methodology of World Order," in L. Beres and H. Targ, eds., Planning Alternative World Futures (New York: Praeger, 1975): 175-192. "The Structure of World Consciousness," in L. Beres and H. Targ, eds., Planning Alternative World Futures (New York: Praeger, 1975): 276-291. * "Drift and Pluralization in International Trade," (with E. Z. Wyner), International Organization, (Winter) 1974: 119-125, reprinted by the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas. "Energy, Environment, and International Integration," in S. L. Kwee and J. S. R. Mullender, eds., Growing Against Ourselves: The Energy-Environment Tangle (Leyden: A. W. Sijthoff, 1972): 22-31. "Political-Military Regionalism and International Administration," in Robert S. Jordan, ed., International Administration: Its Evolution and Contemporary Application (Oxford University Press, 1971): 168-186. Public Media "Meanings of 9/11", Shared Governance: Pleas and Provocations 6 (October, 2002). http://www.colorado.edu/FacultyGovernance/JOURNAL/ARCHIVE/Beer1002.html "Toward the Terrorist Anti-World," Counterpunch (October 30, 2001) and Shared Governance: Pleas and Provocations 3 (November, 2001). "Shared Governance and Political Communication," Shared Governance: Pleas and Provocations 1 (August, 2001). Teaching Materials Politics and the Language of International Development (Video) (Boulder CO: University of Colorado). Politics and the Language of Popular Music (Video) (Boulder CO: University of Colorado). "Conflict and Peace Studies as a Field," Peace and World Security Studies: A Curriculum Guide (Boulder CO: Lynne Rienner). "International Violence and Political Psychology," Foreign Policy Analysis Notes 17, 1&2 (Spring & Summer 1991): 15-18. "International Violence and Political Choice," in B. Weston et. al., eds., Peace and World Order Studies (New York: Institute of World Order, 1978): 134-137. Book Reviews Siobhan McEvoy-Levy, "American Exceptionalism and U. S. Foreign Policy: Public Diplomacy at the End of the Cold War," American Political Science Review 96, 3 (September, 2002): 693-694. Charles Hables Gray, "Post Modern War," American Political Science Review 91, 4 (December, 1997): 1005-1006. "International Studies Quarterly: Special Issue, Evolutionary Paradigms in the Social Sciences," 40, 3 (September, 1996), Journal of Memetics (electronic) 1, 1 (March 1997) Martha Nussbaum, "Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life," American Political Science Review 90, 3 (September, 1996): 636-637. Keith J. Holyoak and Paul Thagard, "Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought," American Political Science Review 89, 3 (September, 1995): 745-746. William P. Kreml, "Psychology, Relativism, and Politics," Political Psychology 16, 3 (September, 1995): 635-637. Roger D. Masters, "Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values," Political Psychology 16, 3 (September, 1995): 635-637. Falk, Richard, "Explorations at the End of Time: The Prospects for World Order," American Political Science Review 87, 2 (June, 1993): 540. Rapoport, Anatol, "Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come," American Political Science Review 87, 2 (June, 1993): 540. MacKenzie, Donald, "Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance," American Political Science Review (March, 1992). Glass, James M., "Private Terror/Public Life: Psychosis and the Politics of Community," American Political Science Review (September, 1990). Kull, Steven, "Minds at War: Nuclear Reality and the Inner Conflicts of Defense Policymakers," American Political Science Review (December) 1989. Alexander, Yonah, and Seymour Maxwell Finger, eds., "Terrorism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives," The Western Political Quarterly, 33, 1 (March) 1980: 121-122. Bell, J. Bowyer, "A Time of Terror, How Democratic Societies Respond to Revolutionary Violence," The Western Political Quarterly, 33, 1 (March) 1980: 121-122. Burton, Anthony, "Urban Terrorism: Theory, Practice and Response"," Western Political Quarterly, 33, 1 (March) 1980: 121-122. Carlton, David, and Carlo Schaerf, eds., "International Terrorism and World Security," Western Political Quarterly, 33, 1 (March) 1980: 121-122. Young, Nigel, "An Infantile Disorder?: The Crisis and Decline of the New Left," Journal of Politics, 41, 1979: 273-274. Beaumont, R.A. and M. Edwards, eds., "War in the Next Decade," American Political Science Review, 72, 1977: 780. Galtung, Johan, "The European Community," Scandinavian Studies, 46, 4 (Fall) 1975: 431-432. De Gaulle, Charles, "Mémoires d'Espoir," Journal of Politics, 34, 3 (August) 1972: 1000-1001. Malraux, André, "Les Chênes Qu'on Abât," Journal of Politics, 34, 3 (August) 1972: 1000-1001. Heath, Edward, "Old World, New Horizons," American Political Science Review 66, 1 (March) 1972: 283-285. Calleo, David, "The Atlantic Fantasy," American Political Science Review, 66, 1 (March) 1972: 283-285. Mayne, Richard, "The Recovery of Europe," Annals 396 (July) 1971: 158-160. 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