James Earl Carter (Part Three).
On the heels of multiple domestic and foreign policy successes, the Carter Administration headed into 1979 brimming with hope and optimism. And the American people were mostly supportive of their humble president who helped return some dignity and sanity to the Oval Office. But trouble was brewing from within the Democratic ranks, the global economy and several bad actors abroad that would coalesce seemingly overnight to challenge the president.
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:00:00 | Fox News: Trump hits back at Jimmy Carter: Nice man, terrible president
- 00:00:06 | 11 Alive: President Biden salutes Jimmy Carter during inauguration
- 00:07:51 | HISTORY: Here's How the Camp David Accords Impacted the Middle East
- 00:11:15 | Jimmy Carter Presidential Library: The Camp David Accords
- 00:16:23 | Miller Center: President Jimmy Carter- Speech on Relations with China
- 00:17:15 | ABC News: The Iranian Revolution
- 00:27:46 | Jimmy Carter- Crisis of Confidence
- 00:34:02 | ABC News: Kennedy Declares Presidential Bid
- 00:35:07 | The Boston Globe: The interview that blindsided the Ted Kennedy presidential campaign
- 00:38:29 | NBC News: Iranians Storm U.S. Embassy In Tehran
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
Image Source
- Central Intelligence Agency from Washington, D.C., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Changes were made.
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