Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945–1955
| By: | A. Johnston |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781403970244 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781403976932 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.