Index

Pace, Stephen, 50, 51, 125–26
Packer, George, 606
Padgett, Dot, 233, 326
Pakistan, 525, 526
Palestine, Palestinians, 201, 646
- Camp David Accords and, 411, 415, 416, 452, 452n, 643, 644
- JC and creation of a homeland, 302, 641
- JC’s sympathies and, 7, 390, 644–45, 654–56
- Madrid Conference of 1991, 644
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 390, 391, 484, 516, 643–44
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (JC), 655, 655n
Palestinian Authority, 644
Palmer, Charlie, 322
Panama, 373, 374, 380, 380n, 385
- Canal Zone, 372, 373
- JC’s speech in Spanish and, 384
- Noriega and, 380n, 386n, 642
- shah of Iran exiled in, 524, 558–59
Panama Canal Treaties, x, xiin, 6, 8, 320, 334, 372–87, 374n, 386n
Panetta, Leon, 350
Paraguay, 363, 370
Park Chung-hee, 366–67
Parry, Robert, 608
“Passionless Presidency” (Fallows), 333–34
Pastor, Bob, 379
“Pasture Gate, The” (JC), 41, 623
Path Between the Seas (McCullough), 374, 374n
Paulson, Pat, 239
Paxton, Tom, 483
Payne, Ronn, 325
PBS, 581
- Moyers interviews JC, 259
peace, x, 6, 24n, 89, 238, 245
- Camp David Accords, ix, 6–7, 81–82, 388–417
- Carter Center and, 635–39
- China policy, 418–27
- JC and the Elders, 663
- JC and the Gulf War, 642–43
- JC and Haiti, 649–51
- JC and North Korea, 646–49
- JC and Palestine, 643–44, 646, 654–57
- JC and Stepanek, 663–64
- JC on the American Civil War, 637
- Nobel Peace Prize, x, 61, 105, 653–54
- Panama Canal Treaties and, 372–87
- Tolstoy’s War and Peace, JC and, 43
Peace Corps, 134–35
“Peanuts” (JC), 47
Peanut Warehousemen’s Association, 207
Pell, Claiborne, 506
Pennington, John, 118–19
Pennington, Milo, 143
Pennsylvania
- 1976 primary, 243–44, 248–49
- 1980 primary, 560, 572
- JC and Ford debating in, 270
People magazine, 229
People’s Party, 27
Pepper, Claude, 310–11
Percy, Charles, 379, 506
Perdue, Faye, 619
Peres, Shimon, 657
Perot, Ross, 197
Perry, James, 252
Perry, William, 647
Peru, 311, 370
Peters, Charles, 461
Peterson, Esther, 349
Philippines, 366
Phillips, Kevin, 280
Pickett, George, 24
Pierce, Nelson, 322
Pinochet, Augusto, 363
Plains, Ga., xi, 13, 14, 39, 50, 71, 95, 98, 107–9, 109n, 116, 117
- Carter family in, 25
- Carters and new health clinic (2018), 667
- Carter’s Warehouse and, 95–97, 292, 617
- “the gnat belt,” 14
- High School, 41–45, 64, 127
- JC and civil rights in, 104–16, 114
- JC and family in public housing, 95, 96
- JC as president, spending time in, 317
- JC builds house in, 115–16
- JC civic leadership in, 97–98
- JC in, postpresidency, 616
- JC in school, 39, 40, 41–45, 41n, 45n
- JC rents town’s “haunted house,” 98
- JC’s campaign headquarters, 217, 226, 246, 248, 253, 263, 279
- JC’s circle of friends in, 102–3
- JC’s election loss (1980) and, 594
- JC’s solar panels providing power, 667
- JC’s transition team in, 290
- JC writing about (1990s), 131
- Methodist Church, 62
- racism in, 7, 107–9, 113, 274–75, 641–42
- White Citizens’ Council, 114, 114n, 161
- Wise Sanitarium, 27, 28, 667
Plains Baptist Church, 35, 40, 88, 110, 116, 202
- JC as deacon (first electoral victory), 116
- JC teaching Sunday school, 139, 359
- racism, segregation, and, 128–29, 275
- sermon by Pastor Harris, JC and, 142
- Soviet dissident Vins at, 359–60
Plains Historic Inn, 624
Playboy magazine, 266
- JC interview, 266–71, 271n
Podhoretz, Norman, 538–39
Poland, 359, 516, 601
Pol Pot, 311, 367, 368
Pope, Betty, 616, 624
Pope, Bill, 158
Pope, John, 102, 118, 128, 624
Pope, Marjorie, 102
populism
- JC and, 7, 135, 149, 156–57, 159, 160, 207, 248, 346, 347, 477, 571
- southern populists, 7, 26, 36, 151
- Talmadge and, 36
- Wallace and, 213
Posner, Michael, 637
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 57
Powell, Colin, 79, 634, 650
Powell, Joseph L., Jr. “Jody,” 151–52, 164, 178, 180, 190, 288n, 472
- Iran hostage crisis and, 516, 519, 561
- on JC and the media, 297
- on JC’s character, 251
- JC’s election to presidency and, 278
- JC’s gubernatorial campaign and, 151–52
- JC’s Israel visit (1973) and, 200–201
- JC’s Playboy interview and, 266
- JC’s presidential race (1976) and, 222, 224, 227n, 234, 238, 263
- as JC’s press secretary, 152, 189–90, 331, 335, 344–45, 393, 459, 479, 561
- JC’s reelection race (1980), 593, 594
- JC’s Wisconsin “upset” and, 242
- “Killer Rabbit” story, 482, 483
- media and, 271, 323
- problems with Billy Carter, 318
Precht, Henry, 509
presidency
- children in the White House, 316, 317
- FDR on, as moral leadership, 468
- Graham and, 268
- inauguration as “donor event,” 293
- influence of character, ix
- JC and first deposition of a sitting president, 481
- JC and First Lady’s role, 309–12
- JC and first presidential address in Spanish, 384
- JC and first presidential address to a state government, 552
- JC and Truman as only presidents who didn’t golf in office, 103
- JC and the vice presidency, 289–90
- JC as Annapolis’s only president, 61
- JC as first president to visit sub-Saharan Africa, 365, 629
- JC as first president to write fiction, 623
- JC as longest-living president, 666
- JC as most devout president, 122
- JC as only US president who lived in public housing, 95
- JC’s election and firsts, 280, 285, 285n
- JC’s new inaugural tradition, 295–96
- JC’s summary of focus of, 581–82
- JC’s working lunch with Rosalynn and, 309–10
- “the permanent campaign” and, 460n
- presidents amassing wealth after leaving office, 618
- St. John’s Episcopal Church and, 294
- televised debates of candidates, 269–70
- as theater, 330
- underground bunkers, 533
Presley, Elvis, 209, 209n
Press, Frank, 202, 421
Preston Baptist Church, Ga., 203
Preventing Palestine (Anziska), 452n
Price, Leontyne, 323
Price, Nelson, 141, 203
Proxmire, William, 295, 556
Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 308
Pullen, Frances K., 262
Putin, Vladimir, 657

Rabbit Is Rich (Updike), 1
Rabhan, David, 150–51, 163–64, 164n, 167, 172, 563, 659–60
Rabii, Amir Hossein, 447
Rabin, Yitzhak, 390, 646
“Rachel” (poem, JC), 33
Rafshoon, Jerry, 27n, 135, 158, 159, 167, 189, 201, 202, 209, 262, 279, 445, 479, 486
- Cabinet resignations and, 473
- Camp David Accords and, 400, 408, 413, 416, 449
- Democratic Convention (1980) and, 581, 581n
- as JC advisor, 288n, 301, 305, 325, 325n, 330, 338, 384, 393, 459, 463, 464, 574, 579
- JC and his overcoat, 215, 294
- JC’s malaise speech and, 467, 470–71
- JC’s presidential ambitions, 198, 199, 210
- JC’s presidential race, 213, 220–21, 224, 226, 229, 230, 262, 264, 276
- JC’s reelection race, 572–73, 583, 585, 593, 594
- media and, 331
- populist ad by, 160
Randolph, Eleanor, 35
Rangel, Charlie, 228
Rather, Dan, 579–80, 582
Ratliff, Eloise “Teenie,” 45, 71
Rawlings, Jerry, 631
Reagan, Nancy, 315, 601
Reagan, Ronald, xi, 2, 5, 23, 202, 272, 285n, 286, 296, 302n, 314, 315, 329, 329n, 330, 337, 339, 349, 367, 518, 543n, 584
- Al Smith Dinner, 589–90
- amassing wealth after leaving office, 618n
- “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” line, 591, 591n
- B-1 bomber and, 530
- Carter debate (Oct. 1980), 590–92, 590n
- China and, 419
- deregulation and, 492
- EITC and, 348
- global shift to the right and, 443
- Grenada invasion, 531, 568
- growing GOP coalition and, 280
- human rights and, 369–70
- inauguration of, 605–6
- inspector generals and, 351
- Iran-Contra scandal, 447n, 607
- Iran hostage crisis and, 588–89, 590, 592, 603, 605, 606–9, 607n
- “It’s Morning in America” ad, 555
- JC’s postpresidency and, 641–42
- JC’s solar roof panels removed, 3–4
- Koch and, 558n
- media and, 585–86
- mental health issues, 596
- Panama Canal Treaties, 376, 379–80, 386
- as president-elect, 600–601
- presidential race, 555, 557n, 580–81, 583–94
- presidential race and code words, 163, 163n, 584
- presidential win, 386, 469, 551, 594–95
- primary challenge by (1976), 261, 373
- Republican National Convention, 578
- reversals of JC’s policies, 3, 366
- running mate (1980), 578
- Soviet Union and, 541n, 547, 549
- supply-side economics and, 578
- vision of, 333
Redwood National Park, 597
Reed, Joseph Verner, Jr., 442, 505, 508–9, 588
Reeves, Richard, 239–40
Regan, Donald T., 3–4
Reid, Jackie, 66
Reinhold Niebuhr on Politics (Niebuhr), 140
Republican Party
- 1936 National Convention, 46
- 1974 midterms, 211
- 1976 National Convention, 261
- 1976 party platform, 261
- 1976 presidential race, 228, 260, 261–64, 263n, 268–78, 419
- 1976 vice presidential pick, 261
- 1980 National Convention, 578
- 1980 presidential race, 555, 557n, 580–81, 583–94
- 1980 presidential win, 595
- 1980 Senate majority, 595
- Christian Right and, 241, 272, 586–87
- Committee on the Present Danger, 529
- Congressional majority and, 286
- electorate shifting right, 219–20
- “emerging Republican majority,” 280
- grain embargo, farmers, and, 540–41
- JC portrayed as weak on the Soviets, 529
- labor law reform opposition, 339
- modern conservative base, 386
- New Right, 376n
- Panama Canal Treaties and, 375, 376, 377, 381, 382–83, 384, 386
- power in the South, 163, 204, 262, 278, 280–81, 541
- tax cuts and, 347
Restless Ones, The (film), 146
Reston, James “Scotty,” 238, 561
Revelations 3:20, 145
Reynolds, Burt, 209
Reynolds, Frank, 538, 539
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 365, 365n
Richardson, Elliot, 210
Rickover, Hyman, x, 78–91, 295, 345, 575, 575n
- question by, that changed JC’s life, 81–82
- “Why not the best?” and, x, 214–15
Riley, Richard, 468
Riverside Military Academy, 25
Robb, Lynda Johnson, 445
Roberts, Gene, 130–31
Roberts, Oral, 268, 269
Roberts, Sam, 243
Robertson, Pat, 637
Robeson, Paul, 34
Robinson, Mary, 663
Rockefeller, David, 200, 442, 477–78, 505–6
Rockefeller, Nelson, 227, 261, 504, 505
- as vice president, 228, 290
Rogers, Will, 146
Rolling Stone magazine, 209, 271
Romero, Óscar, 364
Romney, George, 265, 274, 657n
Romney, Mitt, 593
Ronstadt, Linda, 293
Roosevelt, Archie, Jr., 505
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 42, 70, 309, 311, 355
Roosevelt, Elliott, 573n
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR), 8, 52, 89n, 216, 280, 288, 302n, 306, 319, 330, 535
- acceptance speech (1932), 258
- Agricultural Adjustment Act, 36
- Camp David and, 393
- Civil Conservation Corps, 303
- death of, 59
- fireside chats, 301
- First Hundred Days program, 36
- “the Little White House,” 265
- New Deal, 26, 36, 219, 248, 347, 356
- on the presidency as moral leadership, 468
- vice presidency and, 289
Roosevelt, Kermit, 433, 505
Roosevelt, Quentin, 317
Roosevelt, Theodore, 26, 317, 348, 597
- “the man in the arena” speech, 53
- Panama Canal and, 372
“Rosalynn” (JC), 65
Rosen, Barry, 604
Rosenthal, Abe, 229
Rosenwald, Julius, 41n
Ross, Dennis, 452n, 655n
Rostenkowski, Dan, 497
Rostropovich, Mstislav, 323
Roswell Street Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga., 203
Roth, Kenneth, 637
Rowan, Bobby, 122–23, 133–34, 154, 168
Roy, Stapleton, 420, 421
Rubenstein, David, 288n
Rubin, Jerry, 456–57
Rubin, Robert, 220
Rumsfeld, Donald, 530n, 578
Rusher, Al, 58–59
Rusk, Dean, 199–200, 205
Russakoff, Dale, 573
Russell, Richard B. “Dick,” 133, 161, 162, 169, 177, 179n
Ruth, Babe, 209
Ryan, Karin, 636, 637, 639

Sadat, Anwar, 6, 24, 352, 390, 391, 391n, 392–95, 438, 559, 601, 636
- assassination of, 453
- Camp David Accords and, 396–417, 449, 451, 451n, 452
- JC’s friendship with, 390, 397
- shah of Iran and, 559, 588
Sadat, Jehan, 452
Safire, William, 340, 343, 394, 458
St. Mark’s AME Church, Archery, Ga., 30–31
Sakharov, Andrei, 357–58, 370, 541
“Salt Peanuts” (song), 323
Sanders, Bernie, 225, 652
Sanders, Carl, 123, 130, 133, 149, 152, 154, 156–63, 213n, 248
Sanford, Terry, 225
Santa Monica Mountains national park, 597
Sasakawa, Ryoichi, 628, 629
Sasakawa Africa Association, 630
Saturday Night Live (TV show), 261, 302
- skit on Mary Fitzpatrick, 317n
Saudi Arabia, 384, 432, 485, 525
Saunders, Harold, 556
Schaefer, Thomas, 606
Scharfenberg, Kirk, 554
Scheer, Robert, 111, 266, 270, 271, 271n
Schell, Orville, 425
Schlafly, Phyllis, 552
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 241, 489
Schlesinger, James (“Jim”), 252, 297, 323, 343, 381, 426, 474, 598
- as Energy Department head, 306
- Iran and, 439, 440, 442
- as JC advisor, 252–53
- Lance scandal and, 341, 342
- resignation of, 473
Schley, Lexie, 108
Schmeling, Max, 46
Schmidt, Helmut, 442, 443n, 530, 534, 544, 546–47, 601
Schneiders, Greg, 279, 332, 574
Schram, Martin, 237
Schroeder, Pat, 350
Schultze, Charlie, 481
Schumacher, E. F., 304
Schweitzer, Albert, 266
Schwerner, Michael, 584
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), 124, 127–28, 169
Scott, Bob, 58
Scowcroft, Brent, 645, 647
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 15
Secord, Richard, 447, 447n, 567–68
Selma, Ala., 128
Sevareid, Eric, 332–33
Sewell, J. W., 114
Shaheen, Jeanne, 222n
shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi), 432–42, 444, 445, 448, 455, 504–5, 506, 522, 524, 558–59, 588
- blood cancer of, 435, 508–9
- death of, 588
- JC’s barring of, 504, 506, 507, 510
- JC’s decision to let in the US, 510
- Project Eagle and, 442, 505, 507, 508, 509, 588, 589
- secret police of, 433, 434, 434n, 436, 437
- US backers, 442, 504–7, 508, 509
- in US, 502, 504, 510–11, 523–24
Shalit, Gene, 221
Shalit, Gilad, 656
Shapp, Milton, 225, 233
Sharansky, Anatoly (Natan), 358–59, 359n, 645
Sharon, Ariel, 411, 450
Sheffield, Y. T., 113, 127
Shelton, Hugh, 650
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 55, 626
Shields, Mark, 238
Shipp, Bill, 157, 158, 162, 168, 189, 279
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 225
Shriver, R. Sargent, 197, 225, 234
Shrum, Bob, 244–45, 490, 553, 580, 582
Sibley, Celestine, 189
Sick, Gary, 438, 448, 608–9
Sidey, Hugh, 309, 576, 578–79
Siegel, Mark, 499
Sierra Club of Georgia, 183
Sihanouk, Norodum, 369
Singer, Sam, 118, 120, 120n, 122
Singlaub, John K., 367
Singletary, Jack, 111
Sitton, Claude, 126
Sixty Minutes (TV show), 579–80
Slappey, Willard (cousin), 34
Smeal, Eleanor, 551
Smith, Al, 240, 241
Smith, Bailey, 587
Smith, Edgar (father-in-law), 62, 63–64
Smith, Emory, 146
Smith, Frances Allethea Murray “Allie” (mother-in-law), 62, 63–64, 90, 250
Smith, Fred, 492
Smith, George L., 180–81, 186
Smith, Hedrick, 303
Smith, Ian, 365
Smith, Jerry (brother-in-law), 62, 113, 322
Smith, Lillian Allethea (sister-in-law), 62
Smith, Murray (brother-in-law), 62
Smith, Stephen, 552, 581n, 583
Smith, Stephen, Jr., 499,
Smith, Tim, 327, 578n
Smith, Vern, 30
Smithsonian Institution, 4
Smythe, L. W., 68
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), 124, 125–28
social justice, 206–7, 206n, 208
Social Security, 337, 490
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 358n, 515
Somalia, 366
Somoza, Anastasio, 363, 454
Sonnenberg, Maurice, 519n
Sorensen, Gillian, 291
Sorensen, Theodore, 291–92
South Africa, 365–66
South Korea, xiin, 366–67, 486, 646, 647, 648
Soviet Union
- Afghanistan and, 1, 369, 439, 448, 535–41, 544, 548, 569
- Africa and, 366, 529, 529n, 534
- Asia and, 368
- Begin in, 395
- China and, 419, 420, 421, 423–24
- demise of, 528–29, 537, 548, 549
- detente and, 6, 357, 358n, 359, 419, 529, 544, 548
- Eastern Europe and, 274, 548–49
- election interference, 273n
- Helsinki Accords and, 273–74, 356n, 357
- Iran and, 519
- JC and arms control, 358, 360
- JC and human rights concerns, 357–60, 358n, 359n, 370–71, 538, 655
- JC and Moscow Olympic Games boycotted, xiin, 541–42, 544–48, 545n
- JC and prisoner swap, 359
- JC’s opinion of, 538–39
- Jewish emigration from, 359
- Middle East and, 391, 439–40
- military buildup in, 528
- Russian Revolution, 441n
- SALT II, 386, 419, 421, 435, 474, 506, 531, 532, 541, 541n
- sanctions on, 546, 648
- START talks, 541n
- US grain embargo, 539–41, 548
- US policy, 5–6, 531, 547–49, 533–35
- Vienna summit (1979), 534–35
- Western music and, 370
Spacek, Sissy, 317n, 322
Spanish flu (1918), 27
Spann, Gloria Carter (sister), 28–29, 37, 40, 42, 47, 87–88, 102, 118, 226, 250
- death of, 624–25
- son “Toadie,” 102, 102n
Spann, Walter (brother-in-law), 102, 250, 624
Spencer, Stuart, 590
Speth, Gus, 600
Spinks, Leon, 410
Sports Illustrated, JC and Catoctin Park 10K Race, 486–87
Springfield, Mass., 143–44
Staggers, Harley, 496, 497
Stahl, Lesley, 296, 574
Stapleton, Robert, 141
Stapleton, Ruth Carter (sister), 26, 29, 88, 141, 142, 240, 250, 269, 318
- as Christian evangelist and author, 29, 140, 140n, 250, 318
- death of, 624
- Rosalynn and, 63, 64, 65, 67–68
Stein, Kenneth, 656
Steinem, Gloria, 445
Stennis, John, 381
Stepanek, Mattie J. T., 663–64
Stephanopoulos, George, 650
Stevens, Ted, 599
Stevenson, Adlai, 219
Stevenson, Bryan, 29n
Stewart, Gordon, 467–68
Stewart, Jimmy, 285
Stockdale, James, 54
Stone, Richard, 379
Strauss, Bob, 211, 248, 259, 273, 309, 326, 326n, 330, 331, 341, 345, 380, 486, 582
- inflation measures and, 477
Strauss, Franz Josef, 546
Stroessner, Alfredo, 363
Stroud, Kandy, 251–52
Stuart, James Ewell Brown “Jeb,” 24
Stuckey, Jill, 643
Sudan, 638–39
Suharto, 366
Suit, Hal, 163, 164
Sullivan, William, 436, 437, 437n, 440, 441, 443–44, 447, 453–54
Sumter County, Ga., 18, 37, 42, 48, 62, 101, 118, 125, 127, 187
- Carters and Wise families in, 50
- civil rights movement and, 114–15, 124–26, 125n, 128, 129
- Koinonia Farm in, 109–12
- Ku Klux Klan in, 110, 112
- lynching in, 29n
- racism in, 106–9, 128, 130
- sheriff Fred Chappell, 111, 115
- Sumter County School Board, 87, 97, 106–9, 109n, 187
Superfund, 597, 601
Syria, 390, 391, 641, 646, 657
- Golan Heights and, 389, 401, 402
Szego, George, 2, 3

Taft, Robert A., 376
Taft, William Howard, 373
Taiwan, 6, 72, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423
Talmadge, Eugene, 36, 86
Talmadge, Herman, 86, 168, 198, 199, 213n, 253, 380, 386
Tanenbaum, Marc, 466, 467
Taraki, Noor Muhammad, 536, 537
Tarnoff, Peter, 645
Tate, Dan, 383
Taxi Driver (film), 589n
taxes
- earned-income tax credit (EITC), 348
- reform, 13, 346–47
- tax rebate reneged on, 337
- windfall profits tax, 571
Taylor, Charles, 636–37
Taylor, Ken, 562
Taylor, Lonnie, 45, 71
Taylor, Zachary, 280
Teal, Alison, 332
Terry, Claude, 183, 186
Terzi, Zehdi, 484
Texas
- JC campaigning in, 270–73
- JC’s comments on LBJ and voters in, 270–71, 270n
- JC’s election results in, 278
Texas A&M University, 664
Thatcher, Margaret, 443n, 506, 534, 641
Things Fall Apart (Achebe), 322
Thomas, Dylan, 100–101, 622
Thomas, Helen, 274–75
Thompson, Hunter S., xii, 205, 206, 207, 208–9, 219, 238, 351
Thompson, Rita, 616
Three Mile Island nuclear accident, 86
Thurmond, Strom, 272, 375, 492n
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree” (song), 502n
Times They Are A-Changin’ (Dylan), 153
Tillich, Paul, 139, 141
Time magazine, 359
- Carter staff portrayed as hicks, 323
- Deng as Man of the Year, 422
- “Dixie Whistles a Different Tune,” 195–96
- JC’s peace efforts and Haiti, 651
- Lance scandal and, 340
- Sidey on JC, 309, 576, 578–79
Timerman, Jacobo, 363
Timmerman, Edwin, 144
Tito, Josip, 328, 361
Tobacco Road (Caldwell), 35
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 460
Tolstoy, Leo, 43
Tonight Show (TV show), 623
Tony Orlando and Dawn, 502n
Torrijos, Omar, 373, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 380n, 381–82, 384–85, 524, 558–59
Torrijos Herrera, Moises, 380
Tribe, Laurence, 578
Trilateral Commission, 200
Trudeau, Garry, 166, 558
Truman, Harry, 8, 59, 70, 73, 241, 242, 253, 265, 278, 616, 618
- integration of the armed forces, 105, 355
- JC and “The Buck Stops Here” sign, 8, 265, 297
Trump, Donald J., 178n, 197, 197n, 286, 292, 302n, 328n, 351, 351n, 376, 482, 628, 641, 648n, 665
- ANWR and, 598n
- federal judgeships and, 314
- “Jimmy Carter Lusts for a Trump Posting,” 664–65
Trump, Ivanka, 573n
Tucker-Foreman, Carol, 349
Tunisia, 637
Turner, Henry McNeal, 204
Turner, Stansfield, 61, 568, 607n
- as CIA chief, 291, 515
Turner, Ted, 628
Turning Point (JC), 114n, 120n
Tuscumbia, Ala., 584–85
Tyson, Mike, 133

Udall, Morris “Mo,” 213, 214, 225, 228, 233–35, 241, 242, 244, 248, 256, 457, 498, 598
Udall, Stuart “Stu,” 242
Ueberroth, Peter, 545n
Uganda, 365
Ullman, Al, 347–48
United Auto Workers (UAW), 493, 495, 551
United Nations (UN), 70, 355, 503
- Cambodia and, 368–69
- China’s invasion of Vietnam, 424
- Gulf War and, 642
- Iran hostage crisis and, 516, 521–22
- JC and vote against Israel, 555–56
- JC’s speech on global human rights (March, 1977), 361, 390
- Kirkpatrick as ambassador, 369n
- Resolution 242, 389, 403, 404, 405–6, 407
- Young as ambassador, 6, 364–65, 483, 484
United States
- boxing matches, 46
- campaign financing and, 245, 245n
- country’s mood (1979), 456–57
- culture of the 1930s, 46
- dropping of the atomic bomb by, 59, 66
- electorate shifting right (1970s), 219–20
- energy use, 308
- FDR’s New Deal and, 26
- GDP, 308
- global reputation, 6
- the “Great Funk,” 457
- Iran and, 432, 448
- JC, election integrity, and voting by mail in, 634–35
- JC’s criticism of, 663
- JC’s election and national healing, 279, 294, 296–97
- Me Decade, 260, 456–57, 587
- populism in, 7, 26, 36, 135, 149, 156–57, 159, 160, 207, 248, 346, 347, 477, 571
- post-Watergate political crisis, 210, 240
- presidential race (1964), 127
- progressivism in, 26, 68, 225, 242, 488
- social angst (1970s), 287
- status as great power, 503
- upheaval of the 1970s, 166
- V-J day, 66
- war vs. peace and, 663
Unity College, Me., 4
University of Georgia, 106, 135, 163, 170, 199
University of Georgia Law School, 170n, 205, 208
- JC’s Law Day speech (1974), 206–8, 351
University of Notre Dame, JC speech (1977), 360
Updike, John, 1
urban policy, 556–57
Uruguay, 370
Ury, William, 399n
US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 312
US Congress
- Alaska Lands Bill, 598–99
- Chrysler Corporation rescue, 551
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 350
- Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, 307
- Clean Water Act of 1977, 308
- Community Reinvestment Act, 556
- Congressional Black Caucus, 227–28
- Democratic majority, Carter presidency, 5, 212, 285
- Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 350–51
- Federal Paperwork Reduction Act, 350
- Food Stamp Act of 1977, 349
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 351n
- Hamilton Committee on October Surprise theories, 608–9
- health care reform and, 494, 496–98
- Inspector General Act of 1978, 350–51
- JC’s energy policies and, 303–4, 306–8
- JC’s environmental legislation, 597–99
- JC’s programs passed by, 581
- JC’s relationship with, 304–6, 327–29, 346–47, 375–85, 387
- labor law reform opposition, 339
- Motor Carrier Act, 492
- National Energy Act of 1978, 307
- Omnibus Judgeship Act of 1978, 314
- Panama Canal Treaties and, 375–85, 376n
- partisanship in (1970s), 220, 286
- patronage and “pork” and, 305
- Republican majority and, 286
- SALT II treaty, 535, 569
- Senate filibusters and, 5
- “Watergate Babies” in, 212, 286
US Constitution, 160, 161
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- childhood nutrition programs, 480
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 349
- Food Stamp Act of 1977, 349, 596
- US grain embargo and, 540
US Department of Defense, 291
- Brown as secretary, 291, 409, 447, 472, 531, 532, 533, 540, 544
US Department of Education, 5, 571–72
US Department of Energy, 5, 306
US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), 572
US Department of Justice, 351
- Bell as attorney general, 292, 292n
- Carter’s Warehouse investigation, 481–82
- Civiletti as attorney general, 314, 481–82
- JC and federal judgeships, 5, 313–14, 327
US Department of Health and Human Services, 597
US Department of State, 455
- Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, 361
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 392, 392n
US Military Academy (West Point), 57n, 59
US Naval Academy (Annapolis)
- Bancroft Hall, 53, 58
- band at JC’s inauguration, Ga., 167
- “bilging” (flunking), 53
- The Blue Jacket’s Manual, 53
- class of 1947, 52, 61
- February Ring Dance, 66
- “the final test of a man” and, x, 53
- hazing at, 54–55
- integration of, 56–57, 57n
- JC as long-distance runner, 59
- JC as outsider at, 7, 52, 59–60
- JC attending, 51–61
- JC’s academic performance, 56, 58, 59
- JC’s defiance at, 55
- JC’s drive to be admitted to, 49–51
- JC’s graduation, 61
- JC’s military training and sea duty, 57–58
- JC’s religious faith and, 58, 138
- JC’s speech at (1978), 534
- JC’s values and, 53, 98
- Lucky Bag, the navy yearbook, 58
- memorizing “Invictus,” 53, 667
- punishments, 53–54
- student body, 52
- traditions, Plebe summer, 52
- World War II and, 52
US Navy
- JC and nuclear reactor meltdown, xi, 84–86
- JC and Rickover, 78–91
- JC as outsider, 89
- JC being “fed up with navy life,” 68–69
- JC in Honolulu, 73
- JC in Naval Reactors Branch, 82–91
- JC in naval reserves, 90
- JC in Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, 51
- JC in New London submarine program, 70–72
- JC nuclear physicist designation, 82–83
- JC on USS Mississippi, 68–69
- JC on USS Pomfret, 70–75
- JC on USS Wyoming (first assignment), 68
- JC rejected for Rhodes scholarship, 69–70
- JC’s absences from home and, 69
- JC’s decision to leave, 88–90
- JC’s finances and, 75
- JC’s fitness reports, 72, 84
- JC’s highest rank, 76
- JC’s lifelong navy habits, 70
- JC supervising USS K-1 construction, 75–76
- military restrictions on leave, 68
- nuclear navy and Rickover, 79
USS K-1, 75–76, 77
USS Mississippi, 68–69
USS Nautilus, 79, 82
USS New York, 57
USS Nimitz, 564, 566
USS Pomfret, 71–73
USS Seawolf, 79, 82
USS Sequoia (presidential yacht), 325
US Supreme Court
- Baker v. Carr, 116
- Brown v. Board of Education, 105
- Citizens United case, 663
- first woman nominated, 315
- Gregg v. Georgia,, 207, 207n
- Plessy v. Ferguson, 105
- Roe v. Wade, 225, 236, 315
- ruling on Julian Bond, 124n
USS Wyoming, 68
US Treasury, Blumenthal heads, 291

Wagner, Carl, 496, 500
Walden, Phil, 226
Wałesa, Lech, 601
Waldheim, Kurt, 522
Walker, Jerry Jeff, 227, 227n
Wallace, George, xii, 149, 152, 156, 158, 196, 229, 236–37, 241, 259, 280, 293
- JC and, 156, 168, 213, 234, 236–37, 241, 243, 246, 277, 278
- presidential ambitions, 197, 213, 238, 241
Wallace, Henry, 68
Wall Street Journal, 381
Walters, Barbara, 292, 398, 400
War and Peace (Tolstoy), 43
Ward, Horace, 170, 170n
Warm Springs, Ga., 265
Warner, Jack, 606
Warnke, Paul, 200, 529, 534
Washington, George, 601
Washington Monthly, 178, 461
- “Kennedy’s Women Problem/Women’s Kennedy Problem,” 552n
- “What Did You Do in the Class War, Daddy?,” 252n
Washington Post
- “amaretto and cream” story, 344–45
- false Blair House bugging story, 616
- interview with JC’s sister Ruth, 240
- JC and Catoctin Park 10K Race, 487
- JC’s “Pinocchios” in, 230
- JC’s presidency coverage, 344–45
- JC’s presidential race and, 218, 221, 228–29
- JC’s reelection campaign and, 583
- “Killer Rabbit” story, 482
- opposition to JC’s consumer bill, 349, 350
- refuses JC’s request to delay an article, 335
- Scowcroft op-ed, 647
Washington Star, 332, 582
Watson, Jack, 135, 287, 288n, 330, 530, 557n
Watson, Thomas (US envoy), 545
Watson, Tom (populist), 7, 26–27, 36, 156
Wayne, John, 293, 379–80, 380n
Weaver, William, 378
Weddington, Sarah, 314–15
Weinberger, Caspar, 498
Weiss, Howie, 57
Weizman, Ezer, 392, 394, 396, 398, 400, 402, 403, 404–5, 407–8, 410, 452
Weizman, Shaul, 452
welfare reform, 346, 347–48
Welles, Orson, 330
Wesley, John, 146–47
West, John C., 195
West Central Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission, 132–33
Wexler, Anne, 445
Weyrich, Paul, 272
“What Did You Do in the Class War, Daddy?” (Fallows), 252n
Whatley, Andrew, 130
What’s My Line? (TV show), 221
whistle-blower protections, x, 350
White, John, 490
White, Theodore, 265, 471
White Citizens’ Council, 110, 114, 161, 162
Whitehead, Jim, 622
White House
- atmosphere in, Carter White House, 321
- Carter family rituals, movies at, 322
- Carters entertaining in, 323
- JC’s frugality and, 324–26, 325n
- official china, 324
- overnight stay by Willie Nelson, 323–24
- radios, TVs in, 324
- redecorating, 324
- solar panels on roof of, 1–4
- Truman balcony, 322, 449
White House Conference on Families, 586
Whole Earth Catalog, 2
Why Not the Best? (JC), x, 49, 50, 215, 215n, 239–40, 251
Wicker, Tom, 335, 464
Wiesel, Elie, 392n
Wilkie, Curtis, 279, 584
Wilkie, Wendell, 247
Will, George, 506, 590, 590n
William, J. B., Jr., 72, 78
Williams, Brian, 664
Williams, Hosea, 127–28
Williams, John Bell, 584
Williams, Miller, 622
Williams, Roger, 122
Williams, William A. H., 190
Wills, Garry, 104
Wilson, Edith, 309
Wilson, Woodrow, 7, 27, 279, 285, 567
Winthrop, John, 23
Wirthlin, Richard, 469–70
Wisconsin
- 1976 primary election, 242, 243
- 1980 primary election, 561
Wise, Bowman, 50, 63
Wise, Marguerite, 50, 66
Wise, Phil, 224, 229, 236, 501
Wise, Sam, 63
Wise, Thad, 50, 63
Wishard, B. T., 50
Witcover, Jules, 218
Withington, Frederic S., 68
Wolfe, Tom, 260, 456, 587
women
- A Call to Action (JC) and, 658–59
- ERA, 225, 552, 577, 586
- federal judgeships and, 5
- JC and Abzug, 432, 444–45
- JC and diversity of federal judges, 313–14
- JC’s appointments, hiring of, 313–15, 348–49, 361
- 1976 presidential campaign and, 225
- Rosalynn and equal pay issue, 310
- Rosalynn and JC’s hiring of, 312–13
Women’s Air Corps Service Pilots (WASP), 313
Women’s Wear Daily, 251
Woodcock, Leonard, 420, 423
Woodruff, Judy, 168, 302
Woods, Charles E., 76
Woodward, Bob, 335
Woodward Academy, Atlanta, Ga., 645
Wooten, James, 276
World War I, 25, 49
World War II, 50, 51, 58, 59, 60, 66, 79
Wright, Lawrence, 405
Wyszynski, Stefan, 359