by Jimmy Carter
“situation room” of, 172
solar panels on, 198
200th anniversary of, 234
White House Diary (Jimmy Carter), 229
Why Not the Best? (Jimmy Carter), 225
wild hog supper, 86–87
Williams, J. B., 46, 48
Willkie, Wendell, 29
Wilson, Woodrow, 121
wiretapping, 180
Wise, Bowman, 13
Wise, Phil, 111
Wise, Sam, 26
Wise, Thad, 76
Wise Sanitorium, 25–26
Witcover, Jules, 117
Wojtyła, Karol Józef (Pope John Paul II), 133
women:
abuse of, 229–30
JC’s support of rights for, 181
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, 201
Woodcock, Leonard, 166
woodworking, as JC’s avocation, 5, 16–17, 18, 19, 21–22, 40, 42–43, 70–71, 127, 230, 231, 232
World Food Program, 189
World Health Organization, 189
World War I, 5, 39, 218
World War II, 30–32, 33, 35–36, 39, 41, 45, 55, 167, 169, 198
Wouk, Herman, 62
Wyoming, USS, 39–41
Young, Andrew, 114, 140–42
Yugoslavia, 150
Zagreb, 217, 218
Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo), 214
plane crash in, 197
Zambia, 140, 211
Zenawi, Meles, 212
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), 140–42, 161, 211
Zondervan publishers, 229
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carter, Jimmy, 1924–
A full life : reflections at ninety / Jimmy Carter. — First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
pages cm
Includes index.
1. Carter, Jimmy, 1924– 2. Presidents—United States—Biography. 3. United States—Politics and government—1977–1981. I. Title.
E873.A3 2015
973.926092—dc23
[B]
2015007489
ISBN 978-1-5011-1563-9
ISBN 978-1-5011-1565-3 (ebook)