Carter's conversion [electronic resource] : the hardening of American defense policy / Brian J. Auten.
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TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 344 pSubject(s): - Carter, Jimmy, 1924- -- Political and social views
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy
- National security -- United States -- Decision making
- MX (Weapons system) -- History
- Deterrence (Strategy) -- United States -- History
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981
- United States -- Military policy -- Decision making
- 973.926092 22
- E873.2 .A98 2008
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-332) and index.
"Examining Carter's dramatic shift from advocating defense budget cuts early in his administration to supporting development of the MX missile and modernization of NATO's Long-Range Theater Nuclear Force by the end of his presidency, the author argues, counter to common interpretations, that the shift was a "self-correcting" policy change in response to the prevailing international military environment"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.