Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter : power and human rights, 1975-2020 /
This book is a dual biography of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the powerful First Couple who attempted to use their presidency and their long post-presidency to bring peace, human rights, and justice to all peoples of the world. It describes in intimate detail their tumultuous involvement in national a...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Candidate from the South, 1975
- "It's going to happen"
- Mini-juggernaut
- The Carters take New York
- Jimmy, and Rosalynn, won
- The shadow presidency
- A different presidency
- One hundred days
- Governing Carter style
- Rosalynn steps out
- Religion, race, and politics
- Quests for justice: Panama, Israel, Iran - The revolutionaries
- The perils of political courage
- The tightrope to peace
- Quiet path to Camp David
- Miracle at Camp David
- "A great and beautiful job"
- Carter's coup: China
- Khomeini, Bella, and Rosalynn
- A White House signing
- Dangerous rhetoric and a harmless rabbit
- SALT II, enemies, and allies
- Crisis of confidence
- Kennedys and terrorists
- In the name of God, Iran!
- The Soviet Union makes a move
- Hostages and politics
- Delta Force
- Keeping the faith
- An uphill battle
- A surprise in October
- The agony of defeat
- Welcome home
- A place in the world
- The Carter Center
- Humanitarians adrift
- Navigating troubled waters
- Servant of peace
- Tyrants, books, and Mr. Earl
- The Nobel Prize
- Tuned to the world
- Endangered values and apartheid in Palestine
- "Cootie Man" among the elders
- Journey into eternity.