Jimmy Carter and the Restoration of Presidential Dignity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jimmy Carter and the Restoration of Presidential Dignity write by Jason Friedman. This book was released on 2020-01-17. Jimmy Carter and the Restoration of Presidential Dignity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The office of the President of the United States was plagued by scandals in the early 1970s. When Jimmy Carter ran for office in 1976, the nation was still struggling to process the Vietnam War and Watergate. Questionable presidential decisions prolonged a quagmire in Asia, Richard Nixon's illegal surveillance broke the people's trust, and Gerald Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon irrevocably sullied his relationship with the American people. Jimmy Carter sought to be the transparent, trustworthy leader that the nation demanded. Based on archival research and government documents, this book explores the steps Carter took during his presidency and how Congress reacted to them. Though Carter was not elected for a second term, this detailed history makes the case that his legacy has been misrepresented, and that he should not be remembered as a failed president, but as a man who restored dignity to an office burdened by controversy.
The Carter Presidency
The Carter Presidency - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Carter Presidency write by John Dumbrell. This book was released on 1995. The Carter Presidency available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With its associated images of the Iranian hostage crisis, the presidency of Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981 is often regarded as a nadir in modern American national leadership. In this re-evaluation, John Dumbrell looks at Carter's years in the White House from a post-cold war perspective, and argues that Carter was neither incompetent nor lacking in a compassionate vision.
Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and the National Agenda
Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and the National Agenda - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and the National Agenda write by Mary E. Stuckey. This book was released on 2008. Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and the National Agenda available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Though Jimmy Carter is widely viewed as one of the least effective modern presidents, the human rights agenda for which his administration is known remains high in the national awareness and continues to provide important justifications for presidential and congressional action a quarter-century later. The very elements of Carter's communications on human rights that engendered obstacles to the formation of a coherent and consistent policy--the term's vagueness, the difficulties of applying it, its uneasy relationship with national security interests, and the divergence between Democratic and Republican understandings--allowed "human rights" to become a useful rubric for presidents, both Democratic and Republican, who followed Carter. Stuckey discusses the key elements of how human rights came to the nation's attention.
The Outlier
The Outlier - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Outlier write by Kai Bird. This book was released on 2022-06-14. The Outlier available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new look.”—The New York Times Book Review An essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy—from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of American Prometheus Four decades after Ronald Reagan’s landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter’s one-term presidency is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view Carter as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the Carter political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political adversity. In this deeply researched, brilliantly written account, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Kai Bird deftly unfolds the Carter saga as a tragic tipping point in American history. As president, Carter was not merely an outsider; he was an outlier. He was the only president in a century to grow up in the heart of the Deep South, and his born-again Christianity made him the most openly religious president in memory. This outlier brought to the White House a rare mix of humility, candor, and unnerving self-confidence that neither Washington nor America was ready to embrace. Decades before today’s public reckoning with the vast gulf between America’s ethos and its actions, Carter looked out on a nation torn by race and demoralized by Watergate and Vietnam and prescribed a radical self-examination from which voters recoiled. The cost of his unshakable belief in doing the right thing would be losing his re-election bid—and witnessing the ascendance of Reagan. In these remarkable pages, Bird traces the arc of Carter’s administration, from his aggressive domestic agenda to his controversial foreign policy record, taking readers inside the Oval Office and through Carter’s battles with both a political establishment and a Washington press corps that proved as adversarial as any foreign power. Bird shows how issues still hotly debated today—from national health care to growing inequality and racism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—burned at the heart of Carter’s America, and consumed a president who found a moral duty in solving them. Drawing on interviews with Carter and members of his administration and recently declassified documents, Bird delivers a profound, clear-eyed evaluation of a leader whose legacy has been deeply misunderstood. The Outlier is the definitive account of an enigmatic presidency—both as it really happened and as it is remembered in the American consciousness.
Beyond the White House
Beyond the White House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond the White House write by Jimmy Carter. This book was released on 2008-10-14. Beyond the White House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. President Jimmy Carter reveals how he spends his life post-presidency as he fights neglected diseases, wages peace in war zones, and builds hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the world.
