Jimmy Carter

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• 7/7/19
  

  Jimmy Carter, Public Historian

  by Evan A. Kutzler

  The work that the Carters do at the local level meets the National Council on Public History's inclusive definition of the field: "public history describes the many and diverse ways in which history is put to work in the world."

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• 4/14/19
  

  Health Care for All – A Cautionary Tale from the 1970s

  by Richard Moe

  If the ultimate goal is to expand affordable health care to every American, Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy offer important lessons.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  1/28/19
  

  After Donald Trump, we need a Washington outsider like Jimmy Carter in the 2020 race

  by Jonathon Zimmerman

  Carter wasn't a particularly effective president. But he was the right candidate for the moment, a decent man who healed the hole in our national heart.

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• 1/20/19
  

  Will Beto O'Rourke Follow the Path of Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush to the Presidency?

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  How previous longshot presidents defeated the odds. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  8-17-18
  

  The un-celebrity president

  Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown.

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• 5/6/18
  

  Stuart Eizenstat Remembers the Carter Years Differently than Most People

  by Chris Riback

  The Carter White House advisor argues his case in his newly-published memoirs.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-26-18
  

  Garry Wills hails Jimmy Carter in a New York Times article blasting the religious right

  by Garry Wills

  "The religious right has long been not a religion but an ideology.” – Garry Wills

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• SOURCE: Civil War Memory
  6-23-17
  

  Is Jimmy Carter a fan of the Lost Cause myth?

  by Kevin Levin

  A researcher reports that Carter believes that public plaques should feature the Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6-8-17
  

  Proliferation Risks of Japanese Plutonium Surpluses Troubled U.S. Officials for Decades

  Japan’s long-standing aspirations to develop a "plutonium economy" troubled U.S. officials going back decades as early as the Jimmy Carter administration.

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• 2-21-17
  

  The Damage Intelligence Leakers Can Do

  by David Foglesong

  A case study from 1979 shows how leaks of misleading information can damage national security.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  1-6-17
  

  Researcher: Henry Kissinger Conspired Against Carter

  Documents indicate Kissinger told the Pinochet government not to cooperate with the US investigation of the assassination of Chile’s former ambassador to the US in Washington DC.

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• 12-25-16
  

  After 13,000 Days in Retirement, It’s Time To Reassess Jimmy Carter’s Presidency

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  And it is time to acknowledge that Jimmy Carter also had major accomplishments.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  8-11-16
  

  Declassified U.S. Records Highlight Argentine Military Abuses, Internal Carter White House Debate over Human Rights Policy

  Records show Kissinger sought to undermine human rights message in Argentina.

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• 5-15-16
  

  The Movie that May Have Helped Change the Outcome of an Election: “All the Presidents Men”

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  In the close election of 1976, it helped remind voters of the White House horrors of Watergate.

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  1-15-16
  

  Trump follows in the footsteps of man he claims to despise

  by Bruce J. Schulman

  A Washington outsider, anathema to his party’s establishment, rides a wave of discontent with politics-as-usual to an early lead in the presidential nominating contest. Donald Trump in 2016? No, Jimmy Carter in 1976.

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• SOURCE: Just the Facts (blog)
  1-9-16
  

  Jimmy Carter's Blood-Soaked Legacy Part 2

  by Matt Peppe

  Despite campaigning on a promise to make respect for human rights a central tenet of the conduct of American foreign policy, Carter’s actions consistently prioritized economic and security interests over humanitarian concerns.

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• 10-18-15
  

  The Part of Jimmy Carter’s Legacy Everyone Wants to Forget

  by Mitchell Lerner

  It’s his role in the sequence of events that led to North Korea’s acquisition of the bomb.

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• 8-30-15
  

  How the Empire Struck Back Starting with Jimmy Carter

  by Jeremy Kuzmarov

  Even though Carter wants to be remembered as a peace president, the fact is that his presidency was crucial to the revival of American militarism after Vietnam.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  8-24-15
  

  President Carter’s vice-presidential legacy

  by Joel K. Goldstein

  Part of his underappreciated legacy as president was the historic role he played in elevating the vice presidency from an awkward, standby position to a constructive part of government on an ongoing basis.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-21-15
  

  Carter, Reagan, and Machiavelli

  by Paul Krugman

  Rex Nutting has a very nice article about the reality of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, which has been distorted out of recognition by the myth of Saint Reagan.