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Carter Doctrine
CARTER DOCTRINECARTER DOCTRINE. In response to the 1979 overthrow of the shah of Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the same year, President James Earl Carter warned in his January 1980 State of the Union address that "any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf" would constitute a threat to vital U.S. interests, especially oil, and would be met by military action. Carter backed the declaration by creating a Rapid Deployment Force, boosting military spending, and cultivating expanded military ties from Pakistan to Egypt. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush invoked the doctrine in sending U.S. troops to confront Iraq during the Gulf War. BIBLIOGRAPHYDumbrell, John. The Carter Presidency: A Re-evaluation. Manchester, U.K.: Manchester University Press, 1993. Smith, Gaddis. Morality, Reason, and Power: American Diplomacy in the Carter Years. New York: Hill and Wang, 1986. Max PaulFriedman See alsoAfghanistan, Soviet Invasion of ; Arab Nations, Relations with ; Iran, Relations with ; Russia, Relations with . |
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"Carter Doctrine." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Carter Doctrine." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800687.html "Carter Doctrine." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401800687.html |
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Carter Doctrine
Carter Doctrine on January 23, 1980, after a series of events in 1979 threatening American interests in the Persian Gulf region, President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would use military force if necessary to defend those interests, which included oil resources. He created a Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force to provide military aid and to assist in emergency situations in the gulf.
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"Carter Doctrine." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Carter Doctrine." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-CarterDoctrine.html "Carter Doctrine." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-CarterDoctrine.html |
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Carter Doctrine
Carter Doctrine A policy announced by President Carter in his State of the Union Address on 23 January 1980, which declared that ‘Gulf oil reserves were of vital interest to the US and the US would therefore be justified in preventing outside domination of the region by military intervention’. It formed the basis of Bush's response to the Kuwait crisis in the Gulf War 1991.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Carter Doctrine." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Carter Doctrine." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-CarterDoctrine.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Carter Doctrine." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-CarterDoctrine.html |
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