"After serving the highest office of American government, five men--Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama--became members of the world's most exclusive fraternity. In Team of five, Kate Andersen Brower reveals what life is like after the presidency, and she uncovers the complex relationships among these former presidents, and first ladies, in a nation that has been upended by the Oval Office's current,...

In January, 1979, the Shah of Iran was overthrown during the Iranian Revolution. In late October the Shah was permitted to enter the United States to receive medical treatment. Less than two weeks later, on November 4, students stormed the U.S. embassy in Iran, taking hostages. Ayatollah Khomeini, who now led Iran, publicly condoned the actions of the students and refused to intervene. The hostage crisis continued for over a year, with 53 hostages...

During his 1981 farewell address, delivered in the midst of the cold war, President Jimmy Carter warned against the devastation that an all-out nuclear war would bring to the world. He argued that the rising sophistication of the arsenals of the superpowers, as well as the growing number of countries in possession of nuclear weapons made it more likely that an incident would take place. Carter attempted to continue the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks...

In this autobiography, President Carter "tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders, and his passions for the causes he cares most about, particularly the condition of women and the deprived people of the developing world"--Amazon.com....

From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and Nobel Prize'winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon. Alter paints an intimate and surprising portrait of the only president since Thomas Jefferson who can fairly be called a...

In this October 28, 1980 debate, presidential candidates Governor Ronald Reagan and President Jimmy Carter respond to press questions about their positions on inflation, unemployment, the defense budget, urban decline, terrorism, nuclear arms control, energy independence, and social security and other Federal programs.

President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter engage in the first of their series of Presidential debates in 1976 at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, the first Presidential debates since Kennedy-Nixon. This debate on domestic policy focuses on the challenges of combatting both inflation and unemployment. There is little direct clash over Watergate, but at the thematic level there is much discussion of restoring trust in government and confidence...

In this October 1976 debate between President Ford and Governor Carter, the presidential candidates address U.S. domestic matters. Ford and Carter highlight their positions on the environment, constitutional amendments, gun control, Supreme Court appointments, and the economy.

President Carter farewell speech (part 3)

Presents a biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, that details his early life, rise through politics, numerous successes and accomplishments as president, including his brokering of a peace treaty between Israel and Palestine, and his humanitarian work after he left office. Includes a timeline, fact blurbs, a list of cabinet members, the branches of government, information about the line of succession, presidential...