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 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.

• | Author: A. Johnston
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2005
• | Number of Pages: 329 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1403970246
• | ISBN-13: 9781403970244