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During the Jimmy Carter administration, U.S. defense policy went through a transition. In the mid‐1970s, when Carter was elected, the armed forces were in search of themselves as a result of the American defeat in Vietnam and clashed with the new, fiscally‐conservative president over such matters as weapons procurement and troop dispositions. Members of Congress and U.S. allies too did not see entirely...
This chapter examines the life of Gerald Ford from his birth through his vice‐presidency. It finds relatively little has been written on this period, and what has been published focuses largely upon the future president's career as a lawmaker and as President Richard Nixon's immediate subordinate. What is available in the secondary literature depicts a person who was driven to succeed and whose loyalty...
With 30 historiographical essays by established and rising scholars, this Companion is a comprehensive picture of the presidencies and legacies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Examines important national and international events during the 1970s, as well as presidential initiatives, crises, and legislation
Discusses the biography of each man before entering the White House, his legacy and work...
Rate smoothing, which is available in some pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), has been used to prevent Torsades de Pointes in patients with long QT syndrome. Its efficacy in general ventricular arrhythmia prevention has not been determined. The purpose of the Ventricular Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (VAST) was to prospectively investigate whether rate smoothing could...
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