A companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter /

A companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter / edited by Scott Kaufman. - 1 online resource (x, 594 pages) : illustrations - Wiley Blackwell companions to American history . - Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Détente’s Limits: Caught between Cooperation and Confrontation -- 2. Beyond Narcissism: Politics and Popular Culture in the Age of Malaise -- 3. Gerald Ford: From Michigan to Washington -- 4. From Plains to Atlanta, 1924–1974 -- 5. The Presidency and the Pardon -- 6. Gerald R. Ford’s Domestic Policy -- 7. US Intelligence Agencies during the Ford Years -- 8. Détente’s Disintegration, Neoconservatism, and the Ford Presidency -- 9. Ford and the Armed Forces -- 10. Gerald R. Ford: The Press, Popular Culture, and Politics -- 11. Ford and Ford -- 12. Just a Caretaker? -- 13. Politics and the Public Mood in 1976 -- 14. Jimmy Carter’s 1976 Presidential Campaign: The Saint, the Sinner, and the Hopeless Dreamer -- 15. The Transition -- 16. Carter, the Soviet Union, Détente, and SALT II -- 17. Trilateralism -- 18. From East–West to North–South -- 19. Carter’s Domestic Dilemmas, 1977–1978 -- 20. Mrs. President? -- 21. President Carter and the Press -- 22. Jimmy Carter, Congress, and the Supreme Court -- 23. 1979: Year of Crises -- 24. The Armed Forces during the Carter Years -- 25. The Center of the Carter Conundrum: Human Rights and Foreign Policy -- 26. The Election of 1980 -- 27. Get Carter: Assessing the Record of the Thirty-Ninth President -- 28. The Post‐Presidential Years of Gerald R. Ford -- 29. A Presidency Lost, a Life Gained: Jimmy Carter’s Post‐Presidency -- 30. Agendas, Speakers, and Spokesmen.

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Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.


1900-1999


Presidents--History--United States--20th century.
Politics and government.
Presidents.


United States--Politics and government--1974-1977.
United States--Politics and government--1977-1981.
United States.


History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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