TY  - BOOK
AU  - Auten,Brian J.
TI  - Carter's conversion: the hardening of American defense policy 
SN  - 9780826266491
AV  - E873.2 .A98 2008eb
U1  - 973.926092 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Carter, Jimmy,
KW  - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
KW  - Military policy
KW  - fast
KW  - National security
KW  - United States
KW  - Decision making
KW  - MX (Weapons system)
KW  - History
KW  - Deterrence (Strategy)
KW  - MX (Système d'armes)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Dissuasion (Stratégie)
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1977-1981
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--2004; Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-332) and index; Acknowledgments; Glossary; One: Introduction and Common Theoretical Explanations for Carter's "Conversion"; Two: The Strategic Environment of the 1970s; Three: The Pre-Presidential Strategic Thought of Jimmy Carter; Four: The Carter Administration's. First Year of Defense Policy; Five: Carter's FY1979 Defense Budget; Six: Carter's Adjustments to the MX and TNF Modernization Programs in 1978; Seven: Carter's Conversion; Eight: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
N2  - "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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