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Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945-1955

Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945-1955

Johnston, A.

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General Political ScienceInternational RelationsWeapons of Mass Destruction

ISBN10: 134953188X
ISBN13: 9781349531882
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 15 2005
Pages: 329
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Johnston argues that the preemptive first-use of nuclear weapons, long the foundation of American nuclear strategy, was not the carefully reasoned response to a growing Soviet conventional threat. Instead, it was part of a process of cultural 'socialization', by which the United States reconstituted the previously nationalist strategic cultures of the European allies into a seamless western community directed by Washington. Building a bridge between theory and practice, this book examines the usefulness of cultural theory in international history.

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