missionaries, 92–97, 132–35, 142, 165
Mississippi, 59, 79, 80, 91, 117
Mississippi, USS, 40–41
Mitchell, George, 144
Mladić, Ratko, 217–19
Mobutu Sese Seko, 197, 214
Mondale, Joan, 163
Mondale, Walter “Fritz,” 127
as JC’s running mate, 114–16, 163
as vice president, 2, 115, 140–41, 175, 179, 181, 199–200
Montgomery, Ala., 59
Moore, Frank, 108, 138, 160
Moore, Homer, 81, 85–86
Mormons, see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Morsi, Mohamed, 221
Mount Saint Helens, 164
Moyers, Bill, 186
Mozambique, 140
Mubarak, Hosni, 221
music, 130–32
JC’s love of, 34, 62–63, 124
Muskie, Edmund, 105, 114, 144, 146
Muslims, 133, 142, 217
Namibia, 140–41
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 196
National Institutes of Health, 164, 207
National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 78
National Organization for Women, 181
National Park Service, 7, 170
National Security Agency, 175, 181
Native Americans, 4, 75, 123
of Alaska, 169–70
in Maine, 143–44
NATO, 142, 149, 218
Nautilus, 64
Naval Reserve Officer Training, 33
Navy, U.S., 30, 61
JC’s career in, 1, 2, 20, 32, 33–68, 70, 76, 88, 100, 111, 157, 237
Nelson, Willie, 125, 131
Nepal, 214, 226
neutron bomb, 149
Newcastle upon Tyne, Washington’s ancestral home in, 145
New Hampshire, 111, 114
New London, Conn., 43, 55, 63
New Orleans, La., 220–21
news media, 119
JC’s negative coverage in, 99–100, 114, 125–26, 132, 136, 147, 203
JC’s positive coverage in, 145
New York, N.Y., financial crisis of, 151
New York, USS, 35–36
New York Times, 180
Nicaragua, 174
Nigeria, 140, 211
NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter (Jimmy Carter), 229
Nixon, Pat, 233
Nixon, Richard, 157, 159, 179, 233
China relations opened by, 165, 234
election of, 106, 162
Ford’s pardoning of, 113, 117, 143
JC’s relationship with, 232, 234
presidency of, 104, 119, 136, 141, 158, 193
resignation of, 101, 108, 143
Nobel Peace Prize, 49, 97, 227–28
nonaligned movement (NAM), 187
Nonproliferation Treaty (1970), 190, 214
Norfolk, Va., 38, 41, 53
North Korea:
economic embargo against, 188–89
relations of U.S. with, 186, 191–92
threat of nuclear proliferation of, 190, 214–15
Norway, 189
nuclear power plants, 79, 215
accidents at, 64–65, 195
“breeder reactors” in, 161, 192–93
Nuclear Regulatory Agency, 195
nuclear submarines, 61–65, 193, 194
nuclear war, 199–200
nuclear weapons, control and reduction of, 116, 130, 146, 149, 150–51, 190, 192, 193, 199–200, 208, 214–15
Nunn, Sam, 160–61, 215
Obama, Barack, 187, 188, 190, 192
election campaigns of, 182, 220–21
JC’s relationship with, 236
in Mideast peace process, 221–22
Obasanjo, Olusegun, 140
Ohira, Masayoshi, 130, 186
oil, 170–71, 173, 197–98
Olympic Games, Winter (1984), 217
onchocerciasis (river blindness), 210–11
O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip,” 191
opinion polls, 98, 108, 117, 158–60, 202
Organization of American States, 105
Oslo Agreement, 219
Our Endangered Values (Jimmy Carter), 228
Outdoor Journal, An (Jimmy Carter), 226
Painting for Beginners (Gordon), 41
Pakistan, 190
Palestine, 154, 219–20, 222, 226
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 141–42
Palestine National Authority, 219
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid (Jimmy Carter), 220, 228
Panama, 174, 216
U.S. tensions and treaties with, 116, 157–62, 163, 184, 203
Panama Canal, 116, 157, 162, 184
historical perspective on, 157–58, 159
pancreatic cancer, 65–66, 207
Park Chung-hee, 134, 191
Park Geun-hye, 134
Pastor, Robert, 187
“Pasture Gate, The” (Jimmy Carter), 25
patronage, political, 28–29, 203
peace, JC as advocate for, 2, 42, 118, 172, 199, 202–3, 208, 212, 214–22, 236, 237
Peace Corps, 129, 228
peanut farming, 12–13, 19–20, 26, 69, 71–73, 74, 79, 204
Pearl Harbor, 31, 51
pecans, 26
Pennington, John, 84
Pennington, Milo, 92–95
Pennsylvania, 123
Penobscot tribe, 144
perestroika, 151
Peru, 130, 174
Philippines, 30, 49, 225
“pioneer missions,” 92–97
Piper Aircraft Company, 95
Plains, Ga., 4, 12, 27, 31, 45, 113, 114, 116, 122–23, 125, 219
Carter family home in, 3, 5, 36, 61, 65–66
Christmas in, 205, 227
JC’s farming years in, 69–80
JC’s government subsidized housing unit in, 67–68, 71–72, 75
JC’s home in, 79–80, 121, 204, 205, 206, 230, 232
JC’s public housing unit in, 43
post-presidential return to, 204, 206, 230, 238
racial attitudes in, 90–91
Plains Baptist Church, 77, 90
Plains High School, 24, 80
“Plains Maid” products, 8
Playboy, 117
poetry, 145–46, 227
of JC, see specific poems
White House performances of, 131
Poland, 149–50
Pomfret, USS, 44–48, 50, 51–53, 56, 58
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 215
Postal Service, U.S., 180–81, 199
Powell, Colin, 215, 216
Powell, Jody, 99, 106, 110–11, 141, 175
prayer, in schools, 183–84
primaries, Democratic, 173, 201
JC’s strategy for, 110–14
primaries, Republican, 116
Prince, Mary, 103
Princeton University, 230
privacy violations, homeland security and, 179–81, 228
Proxmire, William, 151
Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, 95
Pulitzer Prize, 227
Pyongyang, North Korea, 188–89, 215–16
Quitman County, Ga., voting abuses in, 81, 83–86
Rabhan, David, 99–101
Rabin, Yitzhak, 105, 152
racial discrimination:
at Annapolis, 33–34
as campaign issue, 113–14, 162
in criminal justice system, 101–4
JC’s opposition to, 22–23, 33–34, 41–42, 44, 61, 78–79, 84, 85, 90–91, 100, 101–4, 227, 229
in mores of the South, 22–25, 28, 34, 61, 67–68, 78–79, 89–91, 113, 229
officially ended in military, 59, 61, 78
see also integration; segregation
racism, 67, 78
accusations of, 100
Rafshoon, Jerry, 106, 136
Reader’s Diges
t, 185
Reagan, Nancy, 233
Reagan, Ronald, 104, 105, 116, 117, 136, 143, 144–45, 147–48, 149, 159, 161, 173, 182, 184, 193, 198, 199, 233
JC’s relationship with, 234, 235
in 1980 election campaign, 201–2
“Reflection of Beauty in Washington” (Jimmy Carter), 127–28
religion:
of African-Americans, 22–23, 183
in foreign relations, 132–35, 142
James Earl Carter, Sr.’s, commitment to, 66
JC’s commitment to, 2, 28, 71, 77, 78–79, 80, 92–97, 113, 132–35, 156, 165, 200, 227, 229, 238
in schools, 24, 183–84
segregation in, 22–23, 28, 78, 90–91
see also evangelism, evangelicals; missionaries; specific religions
religious right, 183–84
renewable energy, JC’s commitment to, 197–98
Republican party, 127, 143, 174, 182, 199
in Congress, 137–38, 144, 159–60, 170, 190–91
evangelicals in, 184
in Georgia, 28–29, 85, 89, 91–92, 100
in 1976 election, 117
in 1980 election, 201–2, 221
Revolutionary War, American South in, 228
Rhodes, John, 137
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 140–42, 161, 211
Rhodes Scholarship, 42, 179
Rickover, Hyman, 61–65, 67, 190, 192–93, 194, 195
rivers, damming of, 184–85
Robinson, Mary, 189
Rockefeller, Nelson, 104, 105, 116, 163
Roe v. Wade, 200
Rolling Stone, 109
Romania, 150
Romney, Mitt, 182
Ronald Reagan Library Dedication, 233
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 29, 41, 118, 122, 201
Roosevelt, Theodore, 121, 158
“Rosalynn,”(Jimmy Carter), 38–39
Rosalynn Carter Institute, 223
Running for President, 1976: The Carter Campaign (Schram), 117
Rusk, Dean, 107
Russell, Richard, 67
Russia, 151, 192, 219
see also Soviet Union
Sadat, Anwar, 130, 152–56, 153, 208
assassination and funeral of, 234
Sagan, Carl, 127
St. Mark AME Church, 23
Sakharov, Andrei, 150
SALT II agreement, 150
Sanders, Carl, 87–88, 98–100
San Diego, Calif., 53–54
Sanford, Terry, 105
Sarajevo, 217, 218
Sasakawa, Ryoichi, 211
Sasser, James, 161
Saturn, space probe to, 196
Saudi Arabia, 142, 161, 226
Savannah, Ga., 86
Schenectady, N.Y., 62, 63, 65, 67
schistosomiasis, 210
Schlafly, Phyllis, 181
Schlesinger, James, 144, 149, 190, 193
Schmidt, Helmut, 146, 149
Schram, Martin, 117
Sears, Roebuck houses, 5, 6, 7
Seawolf, USS, 63
Secret Service, 125, 127, 212
segregation, 91, 114
of churches, 22–23, 78, 90–91, 99
in housing, 67–68
of schools, 22–23, 24, 28, 77–80, 91
“segregation academies,” 184
self-sufficiency, as Carter family value, 8, 11–12, 13, 15, 16, 21–22
Senate, Ga.:
JC’s run for, 80–87, 82, 103
JC’s terms in, 87–92, 94, 101, 105, 111
Senate, U.S., 112, 137–38, 144, 147, 150, 158–61, 170
JC’s political strategy for, 160–61
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 181
Serbia, 214
Bosnia-Herzogovina conflict with, 216–19
Serkin, Rudolf, 130
Shanghai, 49, 135, 168
Shanghai Communiqué, 165
Sharansky, Natan, 150
Sharing Good Times (Jimmy Carter), 228
Shriver, Sargent, 106
Shultz, George, 235
Simon & Schuster, 228
Singlaub, John, 191–92
Smith, Ian, 140, 161
snorkel air intake system, 46, 55, 58
sodium, liquid, 63–64
Solarz, Steve, 139
sonar, on submarines, 55–56
Sources of Strength (Jimmy Carter), 227
South Africa, 225, 236
human rights issues in, 116, 140–41
South Carolina, 59
Souther Field (Jimmy Carter Regional Airport), 4
Southern Baptist Convention, 132–33
South Korea, 129, 133–34, 191–92, 214, 215, 225
South Sudan, 190, 230
Soviet Union, 154, 187
Afganistan invaded by, 146, 149, 151, 187, 203
atheism in, 133, 150–51
in Cold War, 42, 55, 56, 116, 117, 149–51, 166, 199–200
human rights issues in, 146, 149–50
Hungary invaded by, 169
space program, 196–97
Spain, 198
Spanish language, JC’s use of, 95–96, 157
Spann, Gloria Carter, 28, 70, 90, 207
special interest groups, increasing influence of, 181–83
spider bite, 212
Springfield, Mass., “pioneer mission” to, 95–96, 97
Stalin, Joseph, 199
Stapleton, Ruth Carter, 36, 38, 70, 92, 207
State Department, U.S., 128, 130, 141, 165, 172, 175, 178, 187, 235
“stealth” aircraft, 147, 149
Stephen, King of Hungary, 169
Stevens, Ted, 170
Stevenson, Adlai, 80
Stevenson, Adlai, III, 114
Strauss, Robert, 108
Streetcar Named Desire, A (Williams), 51
submarines:
advanced technology of, 55–59, 61–65, 193
construction elements of, 45–46, 55–56
escape practice on, 43–44
JC’s military service on, 2, 43–65, 100, 111, 165, 191, 193, 227, 237
JC’s thesis on, 58
perils aboard, 47–48, 52–53, 58, 59
in Rockettes’ chorus line, 109
Sudan, 210, 211, 214, 236
Sugar Bowl game, 126–27
summit meetings, 145–47
Superfund bill, 202
super PACs, 182
Supreme Court, Ga., 103, 144
Supreme Court, U.S.:
on abortion, 200
on campaign contributions, 182
on counsel in criminal cases, 101, 103
on school integration mandate of, 28, 78, 91
on voting issues, 80, 83, 87, 191
Syria:
Jewish immigration from, 139–40
in Middle East peace initiatives, 152, 226
Taiwan, 51, 165–67
Taliaferro, Will, 5
Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation (Jimmy Carter), 226
Talmadge, Herman, 160–61
Tarnoff, Peter, 187
taxation, 105, 116, 117, 182, 184
teaching, JC’s role in, 2, 41, 77, 80, 132, 206–8, 210, 225, 227, 229, 230
Teasley, Luke, 83
Tehran, Iran, 171, 173, 202
television, 42, 130
JC’s appearances on, 109, 110, 117, 172
presidential debates on, 117
Thailand, 225
Thomas, Caitlin, 145
Thomas, Dylan, 145–46
Three Mile Island, 195
Through the Year with Jimmy Carter (Jimmy Carter), 229
Thurmond, Strom, 59, 162
timber industry, 70, 71, 170, 204
Time, 101
Tingoli village, Ghana, 213
Torrijos, Martín, 162
Torrijos, Omar, 159–60, 162
torture, 181
Towson, L. R., 30–31
trachoma, 210–11
transportation, 105–6, 116
Trea
sury, U.S., 151
Trilateral Commission, 105, 116
Trinidad, JC’s visit to, 35
Trujillo, Rafael, 179
Truman, Harry, 36, 59, 62, 118, 162
JC’s admiration for, 41, 44, 49, 129
racial discrimination in military officially ended by, 59, 78
White House renovation by, 119
Truman, Margaret, 128–29
truth, JC’s commitment to, 111, 136
Tudjman, Franjo, 217, 218
Tunisia, election monitoring in, 223
Turkey, 235
Turner, Stansfield, 175, 178–79
Turning Point (Jimmy Carter), 87, 226
Turniptown Creek, 232
UFO, JC’s sighting of, 196–97
Uganda, 210
human rights violations in, 142
United Auto Workers, 166
United Nations, 140, 141, 158, 188, 212, 214, 217–18, 219–20, 222
Security Council Resolution 338 of, 154
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 181, 202, 228
UN World Food Program, 188
Uruguay, 174
Ustinov, Dmitry, 150
Vác, Hungary, 169
Vance, Cyrus, 130, 141–42, 146, 166, 172, 175
Vandiver, Ernest, 91
vice presidency:
JC’s choice for, 114–16, 163
role of, 163
Victoria, B.C., 52
Vietnam, 179, 186, 225
Vietnam War, 167
Jack Carter’s service in, 112–13
pardon of draft evaders from, 118
protest against, 112–13, 162
Vikhroli, India, 129
violence, in Carter family history, 4–5
Virginia Bunch 67 peanuts, 72
Virtues of Aging, The (Jimmy Carter), 227
Vorster, John, 140–41
voting, fraud and reform in, 81–87
voting rights, 23, 101
in China, 167–68
registration restrictions in, 190–91
Vought OSTU airplanes, 34
Voyager 1, 196
Wake Island, 48
Walker, Herschel, 127
Wallace, George, 104, 105, 106, 114, 162
Wallace, Henry, 41–42
war crimes, 218–19
Warm Springs, Ga., 201
Warsaw, Poland, JC’s diplomatic visit to, 133
Washington, George, 145
Washington Post, 136, 179, 195
Washington State, 164
Watergate scandal, 108, 113, 121, 138, 146, 234
water projects, environmental issues with, 184–85
Watson, Ernest, 11
Watson, Jack, 112
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land (Jimmy Carter), 229
welfare, 105, 116
West Bank, 105
Westinghouse Electric Company, 62
Westminster Abbey, Poets’ Corner in, 145
West Point, U.S. Military Academy at, 30, 91, 174
whales, 56
What’s My Line?, 109, 110
White Citizens’ Council, 79
White House:
Carter family’s residency in, 118–28
history of, 118, 121
JC’s scale model of, 22
renovations to, 119, 121, 128