Strategic Studies and World Order The Global Politics of Deterrence [Paperback]

This 1994 book studies debates in international relations theory to raise important questions about the nature of strategic studies and nuclear deterrence.Drawing on recent debates in international relations relevant to the nature of strategic studies and nuclear deterrence, this study argues that American foreign policy, and NATO, pursued dynamic political practices to remake world order in the image of Western identity.Drawing on recent debates in international relations relevant to the nature of strategic studies and nuclear deterrence, this study argues that American foreign policy, and NATO, pursued dynamic political practices to remake world order in the image of Western identity.In this book Bradley Klein draws on recent debates in international relations theory to raise important questions about the nature of strategic studies and nuclear deterrence. In clear and uncluttered language, he explores the links among modernity, state-building and strategic violence, and argues that American foreign policy, and NATO, undertook a set of dynamic political practices to make and remake world order in the image of Western identity. The book will be of interest to students of international relations theory, strategic studies, peace studies, and US foreign policy.1. Introduction; 2. The politics of strategic studies; 3. What nuclear revolution?; 4. Millennial liberalism and dual militarization; 5. Deterrence as a social practice; 6. The West of all possible worlds.