Strategic culture and weapons of mass destruction : culturally based insights into comparative national security policymaking

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Strategic culture and weapons of mass destruction : culturally based insights into comparative national security policymaking

edited by Jeannie L. Johnson, Kerry M. Kartchner, and Jeffrey A. Larsen

(Initiatives in strategic studies : issues and policies)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • PART I: STRATEGIC CULTURE TODAY Introduction
  • J.Johnson, K.Kartchner & J.Larsen What Good is Strategic Culture?
  • D.Haglund The State of the Discipline: From Clausewitz to Constructivism
  • J.Lantis PART II: STRATEGIC CULTURE IN ACTION: EXPLAINING WMD DECISION MAKING Strategic Culture and WMD Decision-Making
  • K.Kartchner U.S. Strategic and Organizational Sub-Cultures
  • T.Mahnken Russian Strategic Culture in Flux: Back to the Future?
  • F.Ermarth Continuity and Change in Israel's Strategic Culture
  • G.Giles India's Strategic Culture and the Origins of Omniscient Paternalism
  • R.Jones The Strategic Culture of Iran and its Persian Origins
  • W.Stanley The Making of Syria's Strategic Culture
  • M.Jouejat A Dragon in Defense: Explaining China's Strategic Culture
  • H.Feng North Korea and the Political Uses of Strategic Culture
  • J.Bermudez Does Al Qaeda have a Strategic Culture?
  • M.Long PART III: THE WAY AHEAD Out of the Wilderness: Prime Time for Strategic Culture
  • C.Gray Conclusion: Toward a Standard Methodological Approach
  • J.Johnson

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