Strategic culture and weapons of mass destruction

This book describes strategic culture and its value as a methodological approach to the study of International Relations. In particular, the book uses strategic culture to illuminate a number of case studies on countries that have made decisions regarding the acquisition, proliferation or use of wea...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Jeannie L
Group Author: Kartchner, Kerry M; Larsen, Jeffrey A
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Initiatives in strategic studies: Issues and policies
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230618305
Summary: This book describes strategic culture and its value as a methodological approach to the study of International Relations. In particular, the book uses strategic culture to illuminate a number of case studies on countries that have made decisions regarding the acquisition, proliferation or use of weapons of mass destruction.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 272 p.
ISBN: 9780230612211
9780230618305 :
0230618308 :
CLC: D81
Contents: PART I: Strategic Culture Today * Introduction - Jeannie Johnson, Kerry Kartchner, and Jeffrey Larsen * What Good is Strategic Culture? - David Haglund * The State of the Discipline: From Clausewitz to Constructivism - Jeffrey Lantis * PART II: Strategic Culture in Action: Explaining WMD Decision Making * Strategic Culture and WMD Decision-Making - Kerry Kartchner * U.S. Strategic and Organizational Sub-Cultures - Thomas Mahnken * Russian Strategic Culture in Flux: Back to the Future? - Fritz Ermarth * Continuity and Change in Israel's Strategic Culture - Gregory Giles * India's Strategic Cu