Carter's Conversion: The Hardening of American Defense Policy

by Brian J. Auten

When presidential candidate Jimmy Carter advocated defense budget cuts, he did so not only to save money but also with the hope of eventually abolishing nuclear weapons. Three yearslater, when President Carter announced his support of full-scale development of the MX missile and modernization of NATO's Long-Range Theater Nuclear Force, it marked a dramatic policy shift for his administration.

In light of Carter's cost-cutting in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826218164
• ISBN13: 9780826218162
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5