Carter's Conversion: The Hardening of American Defense Policy

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University of Missouri Press, 2008 - 344 pages
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"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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Introduction and CommonTheoretical Explanations forCarters Conversion
1
The Strategic Environmentof the 1970s
38
The PrePresidential StrategicThought of Jimmy Carter
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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