Hegemony and culture in the origins of NATO nuclear first-use, 1945-1955
By: Andrew M. Johnston.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy; Nuclear weapons -- Europe; Nuclear warfare; Deterrence (Strategy)
Description: "In this book 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.