United States defense policy and the Third World - the development of doctrine, 1962-1985
Conducting a study covering more than two decades of United States defense policy and the development of doctrine towards the Third World is an ambitious project. Nevertheless, there is a continuum from President Kennedy to President Reagan in the decision-making process and application of resources towards United States involvement in the less developed world. The incumbent president is perhaps closer to Kennedy in his world view of the root causes of instability and unrest in the Third World, specifically communist inspired and supported subversive insurgency. This calls for examination in view of the significant variations in the emphasis given to US security interests in the Third World from Kennedy to Reagan. Each president since Kennedy has been faced with the problem of subversive insurgencies in the less developed world, inspired and supported by the communists both internally and externally. The Soviet Union is on record in vowing to support so called Wars of National Liberation in the Third World. Each president has had to deal with such threats to US security interests in the Third World. How each president from Kennedy to Reagan has dealt with such threats, and the conclusion that Reagan has resurrected much of the Kennedy US counterinsurgency doctrine, is the crux of this examination.
- Research Organization:
- South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7152353
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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