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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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).
