Lanterna Rally

Author: Brian J. Auten

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0826266495

"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.