RAY T. DONAHUE is Professor of Intercultural Communication at Nagoya Gakuin University in Japan./e He is the author of Japanese Culture and Communication: Critical and Cultural Analysis and co-author of Diplomatic Discourse: International Conflict at the United Nations (Ablex, 1997).

• Preface Introduction DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Discourse Analysis: A Conceptual Foundation The Framing and Formatting of Discourse Contrastive Discourse Analysis: Genre and Culture Functional Versus Structural Approaches to Discourse Analysis Asian Conflict: North and South Korea Face Off at the UN RHETORICAL ANALYSIS Classicial Antecedents and Their Successors Contemporary Western Perspectives Three UN Situations APPLICATIONS Middle Eastern Conflict: Israel and the PLO An African Conflict Resolved Super Power Conflicts and Resolutions Toward a Future World Order Freedom, Human Rights, and Women's Rights Appendix References Author Index Subject Index About the Authors