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.