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

Johnston, A.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-11-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403970244

DOI: 10.1057/9781403976932

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 329