Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter was president of the United States, 1977-1981. His term was marked by Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords, the end of detente with the Soviet Union after the invasion of Afghanistan, the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and the return of the Panama Canal to Panama. Carter, a Democrat who was former governor of Georgia, was elected as an outsider to Washington, defeating incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976. With the international crises compounded by stagflation (high unemployment, high inflation and slow economic growth] at home, he was defeated by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980. Carter went on numerous high profile international and humanitarian missions, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Bibliography
- Aronoff, Yael S., "In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion: The Political Conversion of Jimmy Carter," Political Science Quarterly, 121 (Fall 2006), 425–49.