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Johnston argues that the preemptive first-use of nuclear weapons, long the foundation of American nuclear strategy, was not the carefully reasoned response to a growing Soviet conventional threat. Instead, it was part of a process of cultural 'socialization', by which the United States reconstituted the previously nationalist strategic cultures of the European allies into a seamless western community directed by Washington. Building a bridge between theory and practice, this book examines the usefulness of cultural theory in international history.

Afschrikking (Strategie) --- Atoomoorlog --- Deterrence (Strategy) --- Dissuasion (Stratégie) --- Guerre atomique --- Guerre nucléaire --- Kernoorlog --- Nucleaire oorlog --- Nuclear warfare --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- Military policy --- Nuclear weapons --- Europe --- International relations. --- Politics and war. --- International Relations. --- Military and Defence Studies.