Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography
Jimmy Carter left the White House in January of 1981 in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis, a faltering economy, and a stunning defeat at the polls. At the relatively young age of 56, Carter joined the elite fraternity of former presidents. When contemporary U.S. presidents have left office, they have generally written their memoirs, established their presidential libraries, served on corporate boards, or assumed elder statesman roles. Jimmy Carter has taken a different path, and this study demonstrates how the Carter post-presidency has redefined the role of former president and refurbished Carter's image. The author argues that Carter has shown that through active involvement in world affairs and humanitarian causes, and through the careful investment of post-presidential credibility and political capital, a former president can make significant contributions to a more peaceful world.
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Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography
Jimmy Carter left the White House in January of 1981 in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis, a faltering economy, and a stunning defeat at the polls. At the relatively young age of 56, Carter joined the elite fraternity of former presidents. When contemporary U.S. presidents have left office, they have generally written their memoirs, established their presidential libraries, served on corporate boards, or assumed elder statesman roles. Jimmy Carter has taken a different path, and this study demonstrates how the Carter post-presidency has redefined the role of former president and refurbished Carter's image. The author argues that Carter has shown that through active involvement in world affairs and humanitarian causes, and through the careful investment of post-presidential credibility and political capital, a former president can make significant contributions to a more peaceful world.
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Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography

Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography

by Rodney L Troester
Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography

Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography

by Rodney L Troester

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Jimmy Carter left the White House in January of 1981 in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis, a faltering economy, and a stunning defeat at the polls. At the relatively young age of 56, Carter joined the elite fraternity of former presidents. When contemporary U.S. presidents have left office, they have generally written their memoirs, established their presidential libraries, served on corporate boards, or assumed elder statesman roles. Jimmy Carter has taken a different path, and this study demonstrates how the Carter post-presidency has redefined the role of former president and refurbished Carter's image. The author argues that Carter has shown that through active involvement in world affairs and humanitarian causes, and through the careful investment of post-presidential credibility and political capital, a former president can make significant contributions to a more peaceful world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275954444
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/30/1996
Series: Praeger Series in Presidential Studies
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile: 1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

ROD TROESTER is Associate Professor at Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University at Erie.

Table of Contents

Preface
An Introduction to the Post-Presidency and Jimmy Carter
Contemporary Former Presidents: Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush
Jimmy Carter: From President to Peacemaker
Establishing the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the Carter Center of Emory University
International Peacemaking through Mediation and Negotiation
Carter Missions to Korea, Haiti, and Bosnia
Peacemaking through Democratization
Peacemaking through Humanitarian Development Abroad
Peacemaking through Humanitarian Development at Home
Assessing the First Fifteen Years of the Carter Post-Presidency
Selected Bibliography
Index

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