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agriculture

Fatah,
219

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72
(Thompson),
109

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
164
,
175
–76

Finland,
188

fishing, commercial,
170
,
186

flag, U.S., in Panama crisis,
158

Florida,
111
,
112
,
114
,
235

fly-fishing,
123
–25,
228

Ford, Betty,
233

Ford, Gerald,
157
,
159
–60,
233

JC’s respect for,
117
,
118
,
232
,
234
–35

as 1976 Republican candidate,
117
,
147
,
150
,
182
,
183

Nixon pardoned by,
113
,
117
,
143

presidency of,
119
,
121
,
158
,
165

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA; 1978),
180

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA court),
180

foreign relations,
129
–30

government coordination of,
175

JC’s post-presidential involvement in,
208
,
212
,
214
–222

JC’s priorities in,
116

JC’s promotion of Georgia in,
105
,
146

religious issues in,
133
–35

see also specific countries

Forrester, E. L., “Tic,”
67
–68

France,
145
,
190
,
198

Freeman, Orville,
90

Fukuda, Takeo,
185

Future Farmers of America,
21
–22

Gallup, George, poll of,
108

Gaza,
214
,
219

Geer, Peter Zack,
86
–87

genealogy, of Carter family,
3
–5

General Dynamics Corporation,
see
Electric Boat Company

Geneva, Switzerland,
152
,
154
,
211

Geneva Conventions,
181
,
228

Georgetown, Ga.,
81
–83,
84
–85

George Washington University,
121

Georgia,
123

films shot in,
109

JC’s political career in,
see
Carter, Jimmy, Georgia political career

politics in,
28
–29,
80
–88,
98
–101,
201

Georgia, University of,
91
,
107
,
108
,
123

Georgia Board of Education,
78
,
86

Georgia Southwestern State University (Georgia Southwestern College),
30
–31,
79
,
87
–88,
223

Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles,
103

Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology),
33
,
112
,
126
,
157

Germany,
105
,
145
–46,
149
–50,
173
,
190
,
198

Gettysburg Address,
155

Ghana,
211

Gideon v. Wainwright
,
101
,
103

Gierek, Edward,
133
–34

glasnost
,
151

Glenn, John,
114

global warming,
195

Goldwater, Barry,
89

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
151

Gordon, Jan,
41

Gordy, Dorothy,
31
–32,
51

Gordy, Jim Jack,
29

Gordy, Tom,
30
–32,
51
–52

Gore, Al,
162
,
214

Graham, Billy,
78
,
104
,
132

Gravel, Mike,
170

Great Britain,
49
,
52
,
128
,
129
,
140
,
145
,
190
,
198

Great Depression,
26
,
29
,
73
,
237

Greene, Annelle,
36
,
38

Gromyko, Andrei,
150
–51

Guam,
31

Guantánamo, torture at,
181

Guatemala,
174

Gulf Coast,
176
,
221

Gunter, William,
143
–44

Habitat for Humanity,
66
,
164
,
169
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
225
,
230

Haig, Alexander,
143

Haiti,
174
,
211
,
215
–16,
225

Hamas,
214
,
219
–20

Harding, Warren,
121

Harpster, Wayne,
123
–24

Harris, Fred,
114

Harvard Divinity School,
230

Harvard University,
23

Hatch Act (1939),
29

Hatfield, Mark,
160
–61

Hathaway, Bill,
144

Havana, Cuba, U.S. “interest section” in,
186
–87

Hawaii,
31
,
43
,
45
,
51
,
52
,
53

Hayakawa, S. I.,
161

health care,
226

Carter Center’s global commitment to,
208
,
210
–11

JC’s advocacy for,
105
,
137
,
208
,
210
–11

Helms, Jesse,
160

Helms-Burton law (1996),
187

Hiroshima, atomic bomb dropped on,
36

Hispaniola,
211

Hochman, Steven,
208

Hollis, Annie Mae,
28
,
65
–66

Home in Plains, Christmas
(Jimmy Carter),
205

homeland security,
202

privacy issues and,
179
–81

Honduras,
174

Hong Kong,
49

Honolulu, Hawaii,
43
,
45

Hoover, Herbert,
131

Hope, Bob,
127

Hornet’s Nest, The
(Jimmy Carter),
228

Horowitz, Vladimir,
34
,
131

hostage crisis,
203

1980 election and,
201
–2

rescue attempt in,
171
–73

Hour Before Daylight, An
(Jimmy Carter),
227

House of Representatives, U.S.,
137
–38,
144
,
147

Democratic majority in,
108

Hua Guofeng,
166

Hufstedler, Shirley,
144

human rights:

JC’s commitment to,
2
,
116
,
118
,
134
,
140
–42,
146
,
149
–50,
172
,
174
,
187
,
188
,
203
,
208
,
217
,
218
,
228
–29,
236

violations,
181
,
229

Human Rights Defenders Forums,
229

Humphrey, Hubert,
90
,
105
,
116
,
162
–63

Humphrey, Muriel,
90
,
162

Hungary,
150
,
225

return of St. Stephen’s Crown to,
168
–69

Hurst, Joe,
83
–86

Hussein, King of Jordan,
152
,
154

Hussein, Saddam,
173

Iacocca, Lee,
151

Idaho,
123
,
170

“I Have a Dream” speech,
101
–2

Illinois,
114

incarceration,
181

expanding rate of,
178
,
228

India,
129
,
190
,
228

rising global strength of,
236

integration,
90
,
101

of housing,
67
–68

JC’s support for,
22
–23,
33
–34,
41
–42,
44
,
61
,
78
–79,
90
–91

of schools,
80
,
91
,
125

intelligence agencies:

ongoing fragmentation in,
178
–79

privacy issues and,
179
–81

Interior Department, U.S.,
143

Internal Revenue Service,
70

International Atomic Energy Agency,
190

International Criminal Court,
218
–19

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
128

International Quartet,
219

International Task Force for Disease Eradication,
211

Iowa, JC’s campaign in,
110
,
112
,
114

Iran,
170

hostage crisis with,
171
–73,
184
,
201
–2,
203

sanctions against,
173

Iran-Iraq war,
198
,
203

Iraq,
173

Ireland,
189

Islamic Society of North America,
230

Israel,
105
,
129
,
163
,
190

in Middle East peace initiatives,
152
–56,
203
,
219
–22,
226
,
229

U.S. relations with,
116
,
141
,
152

Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty,
153
,
203
,
221

Carter family at dinner for,
120

Italy,
145

“I Wanted to Share My Father’s World” (Jimmy Carter),
14

Izetbegovi
ć
, Alija,
217
–18

Jackson, Andrew,
75

Jackson, Henry “Scoop,”
105
–6,
114

Japan,
30
,
105
,
130
,
145
,
160
,
167
,
190
,
192
,
211
,
226
,
230

automobile manufacturing in,
152
,
186

economic competition from,
185
–86

in World War II,
31
,
36
,
49

Jefferson, Thomas,
118

Jerusalem,
156
,
219
,
220

Jewish-American community and politics,
114
,
220
–21

Jewish emigration:

from Soviet Union,
150

from Syria,
139
–40

Jim Crow laws,
28

Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project,
223

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
,
220

Jimmy Carter Regional Airport,
4

John Birch Society,
79
,
159

John Paul II, Pope (Karol Józef Wojtyła),
133

Johnson, Alvan,
23
–24

Johnson, Lady Bird,
233

Johnson, Lyndon,
89
–90,
121
,
162

presidency of,
107
,
158

Johnson, William Decker,
23

Jordan, Hamilton,
91
,
99
,
104
,
106
–8,
112
,
141
,
175

Jordan, in Middle East peace initiatives,
152
–56,
226

Justice Department, U.S.,
187

K-1
, USS (“Killer
1
”),
55
–59,
60
,
61

Kahn, Alfred,
148

Karadži
ć
, Radovan,
214
,
216
–19

Katrina, Hurricane,
176
,
221

Kaunda, Kenneth,
140

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
(Jimmy Carter),
154
,
204
,
229

Kennedy, Bobby,
101

Kennedy, Edward,
105
,
106
,
108
–9,
111

political opposition of,
137
,
173
,
201
–2,
203

Kennedy, John F.,
80
,
101
,
107
,
113
,
118

Kennedy Center Honors program,
131
–32

Kennedy Presidential Library,
229

Kennedy Space Center,
196

Kenya,
129

Kenyatta, Jomo,
129

Kerry, John,
221
,
236

Kerry, Teresa,
221

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
170
,
171
,
202

Khrushchev, Nikita,
199

Kim Il Sung,
191
,
214
–15

Kim Jong Il,
215

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
59
,
101
,
140

family of,
114

King, Martin Luther, Sr.,
99
,
114

Kirbo, Charles,
84
,
106
,
108
,
136

Kirkland, Lane,
182

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