Carter's conversion [electronic resource] : the hardening of American defense policy / Brian J. Auten.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 344 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.926092 22
LOC classification:
  • E873.2 .A98 2008eb
Online resources: Summary: "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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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.

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