U.S. defense policy: the year in review, 1979

Kevin N. Lewis, Peter Malone

Expert InsightsPublished 1980

Reviews trends during the past several years that culminated, in 1979, in an apparent consensus that the United States should increase military spending and display a more assertive presence abroad. Although that consensus might appear at first glance to have been inspired by recent perceptions of an increasingly hostile international environment, the authors suggest that the Carter administration's increases in military spending may mark the start of an already rising trend which, like the underlying public mood, could persist.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1980
  • Pages: 13
  • Document Number: P-6511

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Lewis, Kevin N. and Peter Malone, U.S. defense policy: the year in review, 1979. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1980. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6511.html.
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