Nuclear mentalities?
Subtitle: strategies and belief in Britain, France, and the FRG
By: Beatrice Heuser.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Great Britain.; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- France.; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Germany (West); Political culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Political culture -- France -- History -- 20th century.; Political culture -- Germany (West) -- History -- 20th century.
Description: This book shows that political culture, values and beliefs taking the form of belief-systems or logically less coherent belief-clusters that have grown over many years, are central to understanding nuclear strategy preferences, and that it is often pointless to surmise another country's 'national interest' without a deep understanding of these factors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.