Jimmy Carter
Carter Approval Ratings
Carter’s Challenges The End of the Foreign Policy Consensus New Congressional Power Viet Nam Syndrome
End of US Foreign Policy Consensus? Truman Doctrine: Consensus L R Post-Viet Nam: Polarization
Congressional Power War Powers Resolution 1973 (PL 93-148) (from Federation of American Scientists , see Appendix 3) Clark Amendment to Arms Export Control Act 1976
Viet Nam Syndrome http://pewresearch.org/pubs/432/iraq-and-vietnam-a-crucial-difference-in-opinion
Key Advisors Sec State Cyrus Vance NS Adv. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Vance vs. Brzezinski (by 1978) Issue Vance Brzezinski IR Belief System Idealism Realism View of Détente The basis of US foreign policy Perhaps too soft on Soviets View of SALT SALT II is crucial SALT II is a bargaining chip View of Regional Conflict Local issues that the US and USSR might be making worse Where the US and USSR must compete for global power View of Use of Force Skeptical about its usefulness An essential tool of a superpower
Carter Policies: “Dovish” Human Rights SALT II
Carter Policies: Hawkish MX Missile Trident D-5 Missile
Iranian Revolution Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlevi Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
November 4, 1979
“Arc of Crisis”
Rescue Mission April 1980