During Carter's presidency, many thought they would no longer have to sign up for possible military service. As one Rolling ...

Ironically, in a speech about a “crisis of confidence” Carter himself came across as not confident. Although he did lay out a plan, the speech lacked any single phrase that anyone could look at ...

For many Vietnam War resisters – myself included, it is more personal. Jimmy Carter’s first act as president was to pardon draft resisters. He then established a program for military deserters ...

Here’s the latest: Read Jimmy Carter’s full obituary Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one ...

The legacy of Jimmy Carter's administration includes key roles in countering the Soviets and Islamist extremists in the ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to live ... Carter lived through the Great Depression, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the AIDS epidemic, the ...

Read Jimmy Carter’s full obituary Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and ...

Jimmy Carter’s presidency (1977–1981 ... by the need to build domestic consensus in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the crises in Angola and Chile. By replacing the Cold War rhetoric ...

Carter moved to limit aid to some right-wing dictatorships while supporting others, especially in Central America.

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal ... and honest talk for an electorate disillusioned by the Vietnam War and Watergate, signed significant legislation and negotiated a landmark ...

And Reagan seemed particularly strong compared to his predecessor, Jimmy Carter ... the lingering trauma of Vietnam, the American public was not inclined toward more war or defense spending.