| Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Culturally Based Insights Into Comparative National Security Policymaking 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Kartchner, K. (Author), Johnson, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230612210 ISBN-13: 9780230612211 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Interest in reviving strategic culture as a field of study results from the inadequacy of traditional analytical approaches and calls to develop a new framework to guide policymaking in the post-9/11 security environment. The book considers 10 case studies of WMD decision-making, profiling culture in terms of geography, shared narratives, group relationships, threat perception, ideology, religion, economics, leadership style, and more. Strategic culture can help us more accurately evaluate intelligence regarding dangers emanating from other cultures and improve our strategic communications. A strategic cultural perspective makes us appreciate the requirements for promoting U.S. global responsibilities in a multi-cultural context, negotiate across cultures more effectively, and forecast the implications of cultural change for strategic planning purposes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 355.021 |
| LCCN: 2008023676 |
| Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 285 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |