ABSTRACT
The lack of literature on the subject of strategic culture is evidenced by the fact that there has been little research done on either a cultural theory of strategy or on the American way of war. However, there are enough studies and there to examine this forgotten dimension of strategy, and to assess the importance that cultural predispositions have when related to the behavior of states. In accordance with Jack Snyder, who studied the Soviet strategic culture, ‘style’ may be defined as a way of thinking strategy, and as: A set of general beliefs, attitudes and behavioral patterns with regard to nuclear strategy which have achieved a state of semipermanence that places them on the level of ‘culture’ rather than mere ‘policy.’ A convincing argument was made recently that modern strategic thinking in the US took shape with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
