Hegemony and culture in the origins of NATO nuclear first-use, 1945-1955 /

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 rec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnston, Andrew M., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Military policy.
Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord > Politique militaire.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nuclear weapons > Europe.
Nuclear warfare.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear Warfare
Armes nucléaires > Europe.
Guerre nucléaire.
Dissuasion (Stratégie)
nuclear wars.
Nuclear weapons.
International relations.
HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare.
Warfare and Defence.
Military policy
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear weapons
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Persistence of Nuclear First-Use
  • Culture, War, Empire
  • The Persistence of the Old Regime: British, French and American Strategic Culture before 1949
  • Disembodied Military Planning: the Political-Economy of Conventional Strategy, 1949-1950
  • Mind the Gap: The Paper Divisions and Cardboard Wings of the Lisbon Force Goals, 1951-1952
  • Strategies of Peripheralism: France, Britain and the American New Look
  • Two Cultures of Massive Retaliation: Neo-Isolationism and the Idealism of John Foster Dulles
  • Hegemony Versus Multilateralism: Nuclear Sharing and NATO's Search for Cohesion
  • "Our Plans May Not Be Purely Defensive": Leading NATO into the Nuclear Era
  • Conclusion: What Does Culture Tell Us about NATO Nuclear Strategy that We Were Afraid to Ask?

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