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Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Culturally Based Insights into Comparative National Security Policymaking (Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies)

By Jeffrey A. Larsen , Kerry M. Kartchner , Jeannie L. Johnson

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0230612210, 9780230612211
LCC
U162.6 .J63 2008
Open Library ID
OL21812429M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2603597 bytes)
Pages
308\306
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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