Hegemony and culture in the origins of NATO nuclear first-use, 1945-1955
Johnston, Andrew M., 1963-
Hegemony and culture in the origins of NATO nuclear first-use, 1945-1955 [electronic resource] / Andrew M. Johnston. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. - x, 329 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the persistence of nuclear first-use -- Ch. 1. Culture, war, empire -- Ch. 2. The persistence of the old regime : British, French, and American strategic thinking before 1949 -- Ch. 3. "Disembodied military planning" : the political-economy of strategy, 1949-50 -- Ch. 4. Mind the gap : the paper divisions and cardboard wings of the Lisbon force goals -- Ch. 5. Strategies of perpheralism : France, Britain, and the American new look -- Ch. 6. Two cultures of massive retaliation : neo-isolationism and the idealism of John Foster Dulles -- Ch. 7. Hegemony versus multilateralism : nuclear sharing and NATO's search for cohesion -- Ch. 8. "Our plans might not be purely defensive" : leading NATO into the nuclear era -- Conclusion : what does culture tell us about NATO nuclear strategy that we were afraid to ask?
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
1403970246 1403976937
North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Military policy.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear warfare.
Nuclear weapons--Europe.
Electronic books.
UA646.3 / .J5685 2005eb
355.02/17
Hegemony and culture in the origins of NATO nuclear first-use, 1945-1955 [electronic resource] / Andrew M. Johnston. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. - x, 329 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the persistence of nuclear first-use -- Ch. 1. Culture, war, empire -- Ch. 2. The persistence of the old regime : British, French, and American strategic thinking before 1949 -- Ch. 3. "Disembodied military planning" : the political-economy of strategy, 1949-50 -- Ch. 4. Mind the gap : the paper divisions and cardboard wings of the Lisbon force goals -- Ch. 5. Strategies of perpheralism : France, Britain, and the American new look -- Ch. 6. Two cultures of massive retaliation : neo-isolationism and the idealism of John Foster Dulles -- Ch. 7. Hegemony versus multilateralism : nuclear sharing and NATO's search for cohesion -- Ch. 8. "Our plans might not be purely defensive" : leading NATO into the nuclear era -- Conclusion : what does culture tell us about NATO nuclear strategy that we were afraid to ask?
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
1403970246 1403976937
North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Military policy.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear warfare.
Nuclear weapons--Europe.
Electronic books.
UA646.3 / .J5685 2005eb
355.02/17