The Carter Implosion critically examines the consequences of a U.S. Presidents--instead of confronting problems outside the narrow context of partisan rhetoric--adopting a self-consciously amateur style of diplomacy and leadership. In particular, Spencer focuses on the enormous gulf between the Carter administration's professed objectives and the tools it was willing to employ to achieve them. The author posits that the problem was not that President Carter proved too liberal or too conservative, but that he and his closest advisors lacked a sophisticated understanding of how nations behave. Because of his naivete, Carter's promise of inaugurating a new age of American greatness disintegrated by 1980.
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DONALD S. SPENCER is Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor of History at the University of Montana.
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United States, New York, White House, Third World, Soviet Union, Cold War, Department of State, United Nations, Washington Post, World War, Latin America, National Guard, Munich Mentality, Richard Nixon, South Korea, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Middle East, Lyndon Johnson, Western Europe, Andrew Young, Central America, Patricia Derian, Central Intelligence Agency, Random House New!
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United States, New York, White House, Third World, Soviet Union, Cold War, Department of State, United Nations, Washington Post, World War, Latin America, National Guard, Munich Mentality, Richard Nixon, South Korea, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Middle East, Lyndon Johnson, Western Europe, Andrew Young, Central America, Patricia Derian, Central Intelligence Agency, Random House New!
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- Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President by Jimmy Carter on page 84, and Back Matter
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- The United States and Right-Wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989 by David F. Schmitz in Back Matter
- For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals by Wayne C. Booth in Back Matter
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