Carter's Conversion: The Hardening of American Defense Policy"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. |
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Table des matières
| 1 | |
| 38 | |
| 81 | |
The Carter AdministrationsFirst Year of Defense Policy | 117 |
Carters FY1979 Defense Budget | 174 |
Carters Adjustments to theMX and TNF ModernizationPrograms in 1978 | 219 |
Carters Conversion | 257 |
Conclusion | 305 |
Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 333 |
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Carter's Conversion: The Hardening of American Defense Policy Brian J. Auten Aucun aperçu disponible - 2008 |
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accessed February adjustment administration administration’s Air Force air-mobile ALCMs allies American Appropriations for Fiscal argued arms control assured vulnerability attack Authorization for Appropriations basing bomber Brzezinski to President capabilities conventional CPD Papers cruise missiles Daalder decision Defense Authorization defense budget defense policy defense-left defense-right Department of Defense deployed deployment Détente deterrence domestic political Europe explained Folder Force Posture Ford Ford’s Foreign Policy GLCMs Harold Brown Herbert York Ibid ICBM improved insisted issue January launch launchers limits LRTNF MAP-vertical memo Memorandum from Brzezinski ment military-operational Minuteman Minuteman III MIRV mobile Moscow national security NATO’s negotiations neoclassical neoclassical realism neutron bomb Nitze nuclear modernization nuclear weapons options OSTP Pentagon Pershing planning President Carter Presidential Campaign SALT silos SLBM Soviet Union strategic nuclear submarines targets theater nuclear forces theory tion Trident U.S. Strategic United warhead Warsaw Pact White House

