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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

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by Jimmy Carter


  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

  Parks, Rosa, 59

  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

 

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