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Title
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The triumph of containment: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter, and the demise of defense.
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Creator
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Embrick, Kevin S., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
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Abstract/Description
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President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy changed significantly and progressively over the course of his four year term. What began as a liberal-internationalist approach to foreign policy ended in a traditional Cold War stalemate with the Soviet Union. There are many causes for this shift: changes in the international environment, shifting public opinion, and other domestic-political pressures. One of the most consistently undervalued causes for Carter's overall foreign policy shift was the...
Show morePresident Jimmy Carter's foreign policy changed significantly and progressively over the course of his four year term. What began as a liberal-internationalist approach to foreign policy ended in a traditional Cold War stalemate with the Soviet Union. There are many causes for this shift: changes in the international environment, shifting public opinion, and other domestic-political pressures. One of the most consistently undervalued causes for Carter's overall foreign policy shift was the personal influence of his National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Through a variety of advocacy pressures and framing tactics, Brzezinski was able to utilize the changes in the international system, and especially, changes within domestic-political environment to convince Carter of an extensive reformation of his foreign policy perspective and priorities.
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Date Issued
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2008
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/165939
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Subject Headings
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Influence, Influence, National security, Politics and government, Foreign relations
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Format
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Document (PDF)
