The Carter Years.
James Earl Carter.
Our series on The Carter Years looks back at the brief but remarkable tenure of President Jimmy Carter. In Part One we cover Carter's rise to the Presidency. Part Two peers into the first half of the White House years to understand the challenges that faced the new administration. In Part Three, trouble brews from within the Democratic ranks, and the global economy plus several bad actors abroad coalesce seemingly overnight to challenge the president. And lastly, the final installment of the series examines the events of 1980 and offers some final reflections on Jimmy Carter the man, and his legacy.
Show Notes
Clips
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- 1976 Jimmy Carter Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech
- CBS News: Jimmy Carter inaugural address, Jan. 20 1977
- Miller Center: President Jimmy Carter - 1979 State of the Union
- Walter Cronkite 1977 Jimmy Carter Visit
- PBS NewsHour: Tempers Flare In Lines for Gasoline in 1979
- Miller Center: President Jimmy Carter - Remarks on the Camp David Summit
- ABC News: Iran Hostage Crisis 1979
- Miller Center: Reagan-Carter Oct. 28, 1980 Debate - "Are You Better Off?"
- NBC News: 1980 Reagan Wins
- CBS Sunday Morning: 2006, Jimmy Carter on life after the White House
- Fox News: Jimmy Carter was a better president than Biden - Kudlow
- Fox News: CNN reporter says Biden 'worse than Jimmy Carter'
- Forbes Breaking News: GOP Lawmaker: 'The Carter And The Biden Presidencies Share Far Too Much In Common'
- The Carter Center: Excerpt from Governor Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address
- AP Archive: Documentary about Jimmy Carter
- Face the Nation: Dickerson's debate history: Carter vs. Ford in 1976
- Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: Jan. 20, 1977- Inaugural Ceremonies for Jimmy Carter
- Miller Center: President Jimmy Carter - Report to the Nation on Energy
- Saturday Night Live: Ask President Carter
- Jimmy Carter Panama Canal Treaty Signing Sept 7 1977
- Fox News: Trump hits back at Jimmy Carter: Nice man, terrible president
- 11 Alive: President Biden salutes Jimmy Carter during inauguration
- HISTORY: Here's How the Camp David Accords Impacted the Middle East
- Jimmy Carter Presidential Library: The Camp David Accords
- Miller Center: President Jimmy Carter- Speech on Relations with China
- ABC News: The Iranian Revolution
- Jimmy Carter- Crisis of Confidence
- ABC News: Kennedy Declares Presidential Bid
- The Boston Globe: The interview that blindsided the Ted Kennedy presidential campaign
- NBC News: Iranians Storm U.S. Embassy In Tehran
- ABC World News Tonight: January 1, 1980: A Remarkable Day of News
- CBS Sunday Morning: "Desert One": Inside the failed 1980 hostage rescue in Iran
- Scarface: I'm Tony Montana
- JFK Library: Senator Kennedy at the 1980 Democratic National Convention
- Reagan Library: Ronald Reagan's Acceptance Speech at Republican National Convention, July 17, 1980
- CNBC Meets: Jimmy Carter: "I Could Have Wiped Iran Off The Map"
- WNEP: Iran Hostage Crisis survivor Michael Metrinko recalls his 444 days in captivity and ultimate rescue
- PBS NewsHour: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter reflect on 75 years of marriage, the state of America politics
Resources
- Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
- The New York Times: Jimmy Carter’s Unheralded Legacy
- The Atlantic: The Passionless Presidency
- Vox: The Republican myth of Ronald Reagan and the Iran hostages, debunked
- Politico: The Humiliating Handshake and the Near-Fistfight that Broke the Democratic Party
- Brookings: Today’s global economy is eerily similar to the 1970s, but governments can still escape a stagflation episode
- HISTORY: Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT-II nuclear treaty
Book Love
- Kai Bird: The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
- David Rockefeller: Memoirs
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