Title Defense Policy and the Presidency : Carter's First Years / edited by Sam. C. Sarkesian

Published New York : Routledge, 2018 ©1979

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Description 1 online resource (360 pages) Series Westview special studies in national security and defense policy Westview special studies in national security and defense policy. Contents Cover; Half Title; Series page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; National Security Perspectives; The Dimensions of Policy; The President, Political Actors and National Security Policy; The President: Constraints and Limitations; Summary; The Carter Administration: Prevailing Perspectives on Performance; 1 CHANGING STRATEGIC ISSUES; Introduction; The Strategic Nuclear Dimension; Superpower Confrontation; The Most Crucial Dimension: Power Projection and Intervention; Conclusions; 2 THE PRESIDENT AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS IntroductionThe Presidential Leadership Style and Impact; Vacillating Foreign and Domestic Policies; Domestic Policy; Lack of Confidence; Presidential Reaction and Image Building; The Primary National Security Agencies: Internal Politics; The U.S.S.R.: Friend or Enemy?; Conclusions; 3 NATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION AND PROCESS IN THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION; Introduction; The NSC System: 1969-1977; NSC System: 1977; Strengths and Weaknesses; Conclusion; 4 THE POLICY IMPACTS OF THE CARTER DEFENSE PROGRAM; Introduction; Size; The Carter and Ford Budgets: Dollars and Priorities; Distribution ImplicationsStrategic Policy; Conventional Policy; Conclusion; 5 INTERVENTION POLICIES OF THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION: POLITICAL AND MILITARY DIMENSIONS; Introduction; The Historical Antecedents of Carter's Intervention Policies; The Setting for the Intervention Policies of the Carter Administration; The Calculus of Intervention; The Carter Intervention Policies -- Year One; Prospects for the Future; 6 EUROPE AND THE SUPERPOWERS; Introduction; The 1970s: The Nixon-Ford/Kissinger Legacy; The Carter Administration's Approach to Defense Policy Formulation and Promulgation The National Security StructureA Balanced Perspective; Carter's Defense Policies; The European Perception of Carter's Defense Policies; Carter's Defense Policies: Impact and Prospects; 7 THE UNITED STATES, CHINA AND JAPAN; Introduction; American Perceptions of China and Japan; China's Perception of the Carter Administration; Japan's Perception of American Defense Policy; Conclusion; 8 THE PRESIDENCY AND DEFENSE POLICY: QUESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE; Introduction; Policy Analysis; U.S. Security and Military Capability; Conclusions; A FINAL WORD; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX Notes Print version record Subject Carter, Jimmy, 1924- SUBJECT Carter, Jimmy, 1924- fast Subject National security -- United States. Diplomatic relations Military policy National security SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140104 Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Sarkesian, Sam C. (Sam Charles), 1927-2011 ISBN 9780429706738 0429706731 9780429047787 0429047789 9780429726743 0429726740 9780429746758 042974675X

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