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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnston, Andrew M., 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Military policy. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nuclear weapons > Europe. Nuclear warfare. Deterrence (Strategy) nuclear wars. Nuclear weapons. International relations. HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare. Warfare and Defence. Military policy Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapons Europe
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Table of Contents:

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?

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

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