Routledge Handbook of Strategic Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367445485 / Twarda / 2023 / 528 str.

Opis

This Handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers.

Spis treści

Foreword  Part I: Evolution of the Strategic Culture Paradigm  1. Defining and Scoping Strategic Culture: Promises, Challenges, and Conundrums  2. The Conceptual Heritage of Strategic Culture and Collective Mentality  3. Growth and Refinement Across the Field of Strategic Culture: From First Generation to Fourth  4. The Nature and Utility of Strategic Culture Scholarship  Part II: Dimensions and Levels of Strategic Culture  5. Religion and Strategic Culture  6. Political and Strategic Cultures: Linkages, Continuity, and Change in the Longue Durée  7. The United States and NATO: Is there a Western Strategic Culture?  8. Nature, Emergence, and Limitations of an EU Strategic Culture  9.  In Defense of the National Profile: Strategic Culture Then and Now  10. Strategic Culture at the Non-State Actor Level  Part III: State of the Scholarship: National Strategic Culture Resources  11. American Strategic Culture in the Era of Great Power Competition  12. Russian Strategic Culture: A Critical Survey of the Literature  13. China’s Identity through a Historical Lens  14. The Strategic Culture of the United Kingdom  15. French Strategic Culture: International Engagement in the Name of National Autonomy  16. Swedish Exceptionalism and Strategic Culture: Swedish Nuclear Decisionmaking  17. The Strategic Culture of the Federal Republic of Germany  18. Reinterpreting the (Relatively) Immutable Features of the North Korean Strategic Culture  19. The Strategic Culture of South Korea  20. Japan’s Strategic Culture: An Interpretation of Identity  21. Examining the Strategic Culture of Singapore: Lion City, Poison Shrimp  22. Indian Strategic Culture: A Review Essay  23. Pakistan’s Military-Centric Strategic Culture: A Review Essay  24. An Iranian Worldview: The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic  25. Israeli Strategic Culture: State of the Scholarship  26. Turkey’s Strategic Culture: State of the Literature  27. Understanding Nigeria’s Strategic Culture  28. Venezuelan Strategic Culture: Balancing History with Twenty-First Century Socialism  Part IV: The Utility of Strategic Culture for Practitioners and Scholars  29. Strategic Culture Scholarship: A User’s Guide to the Cultural Topography Methodology  30. Strategic Culture and Tailored Deterrence  31. Strategic Culture and the US Intelligence Community  32. The Impact of US Intelligence Community Strategic Culture on Intelligence Analysts  33. Artificial Intelligence and Strategic Culture  34. Strategic Culture and Anticipatory Intelligence  Part V: Conclusion  35. Consolidating and Enriching the Field of Strategic Culture: Key Themes and Recommendations

O autorze

Kerry M. Kartchner teaches strategic culture courses for Missouri State University’s Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies and for Johns Hopkins University. He is the editor/author of several books, including Crossing Nuclear Thresholds (2019), On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century (2014), and Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction (2008).

Briana D. Bowen is the Associate Director and Cofounder of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence at Utah State University.

Jeannie L. Johnson is the Director of Utah State University's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence and an Associate Professor within the Political Science Department. She is also the author of The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture (2018).