Jimmy Carter

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• 1/22/20
  

  The History of Presidential Misconduct Beyond Watergate and Iran-Contra

  by HNN Staff

  At the AHA, James Banner, Kathryn Olmstead, Kevin Kruse, and Jeremi Suri discussed how they revived a long forgotten report on presidential misconduct. 

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• 12/22/19
  

  Jimmy Carter: Watergate’s Final Victim

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Today, at 95, Carter is the longest-lived president in history, as well as the nation’s longest-retired president. Facing several health-related challenges, perhaps it is time to reflect on the rise, fall, and rise of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/1/19
  

  Jimmy Carter once thought he was nearing death. The longest-living former U.S. president just turned 95.

  Carter has reached yet another milestone despite thinking he was on the verge of death just a few years earlier, after doctors discovered that cancer had spread to his brain.

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• 9/1/19
  

  The Carter Presidency Reconsidered

  by Richard Moe

  “We told the truth, we obeyed the law, we kept the peace and we championed human rights.” 

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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.