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

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. INDICE: - PART I: STRATEGIC CULTURE TODAY - Introduction; J.Johnson, K.Kartchner & J.Larsen - What Good is Strategic Culture?; D.Haglund - The Stateof 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 Israelb s Strategic Culture; G.Giles - Indiab s Strategic Culture and the Origins of Omniscient Paternalism; R.Jones - The Strategic Culture of Iran and its Persian Origins; W.Stanley - The Making ofSyriab s Strategic Culture; M.Jouejat - A Dragon in Defense: Explaining Chinab 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 - PARTIII: THE WAY AHEAD - Out of the Wilderness: Prime Time for Strategic Culture;C.Gray - Conclusion: Toward a Standard Methodological Approach; J.Johnson

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61221-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 20/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés