The Jimmy Carter Library

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Jimmy Carter(Author)

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Published on 25. March 2014

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Intro
A Call to Action
Dedication
Introduction
1: My Childhood
2: Commitment to Peace and Women's Rights
3: The Bible and Gender Equality
4: Full Prisons and Legal Killing
5: Sexual Assault and Rape
6: Violence and War
7: Observations as a Traveler
8: Women and the Carter Center
9: Learning from Human Rights Heroes
10: The Genocide of Girls
11: Rape
12: Slavery and Prostitution
13: Spouse Abuse
14: "Honor" Killings
15: Genital Cutting
16: Child Marriage and Dowry Deaths
17: Politics, Pay, and Maternal Health
18: The Road to Progress
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
Beyond the White House
Dedication
Epigraph
Preface
1. The Early Days
2. Waging Peace
3. Strengthening Democracy
4. Fighting Disease
5. Building Hope
6. The Next Twenty-five Years
Acknowledgments
Index
Copyright
Our Endangered Values
Dedication
Introduction
1. America's Common Beliefs-and Strong Differences
2. My Traditional Christian Faith
3. The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism
4. Growing Conflicts Among Religious People
5. No Conflict Between Science and Religion
6. The Entwining of Church and State
7. Sins of Divorce and Homosexuality
8. Would Jesus Approve Abortions and the Death Penalty?
9. Must Women Be Subservient?
10. Fundamentalism in Government
11. The Distortion of American Foreign Policy
12. Attacking Terrorism, Not Human Rights?
13. Protecting Our Arsenals, but Promoting Proliferation
14. Worshiping the Prince of Peace, or Preemptive War?
15. Where Are the Major Threats to the Environment?
16. The World's Greatest Challenge in the New Millennium
17. Conclusion: What Is a Superpower?
Acknowledgments
About Jimmy Carter
Index
Copyright
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
Dedication
List of Maps
Epigraph
Historical Chronology
1. Prospects for Peace
2. My First Visit to Israel, 1973
3. My Presidency, 1977-81
4. The Key Players
5. Othser Neighbors
6. The Reagan Years, 1981-89
7. My Visits with Palestinians
8. The George H. W. Bush Years
9. The Oslo Agreement
10. The Palestinian Election,1996
11. Bill Clinton's Peace Efforts
12. The George W. Bush Years
13. The Geneva Initiative
14. The Palestinian Election, 2005
15. The Palestinian and Israeli Elections, 2006
16. The Wall as a Prison
Summary
Appendix 1: U.N. Resolution 242, 1967
Appendix 2: U.N. Resolution 338, 1973
Appendix 3: Camp David Accords, 1978
Appendix 4: Framework for Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, 1978
Appendix 5: U.N. Resolution 465, 1980
Appendix 6: Arab Peace Proposal, 2002
Appendix 7: Israel's Response to the Roadmap, May 25, 2003
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land
Dedication
List of Maps
Introduction: Storm Over a Book
1. From Abraham's Journeys to the Six-Day War
2. My Early Involvement with Israel
3. Peace at Camp David
4. Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton, 1981-2000
5. The Early Bush II Years, 2001-2005
6. Withdrawal from Gaza and Its Aftermath
7. Spasmodic Peace Efforts, Long Overdue
8. How Close Is Israel to Its Major Goals?
9. A Search for Information
10. Can Hamas Play a Positive Role?
11. Assessment of the Region
12. Challenges to Israelis and Palestinians
13. An Agenda for Peace
Appendix 1: U.N. Resolution 242, 1967
Appendix 2: Camp David Accords, 1978
Appendix 3: Arab Peace Proposal, 2002
Appendix 4: Key Points of the International Quartet's Roadmap for Peace, April 30, 2003
Appendix 5: Israel's Response to the Roadmap, May 25, 2003
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Dedication
Citation
Acceptance Statement
History of the Nobel Prizes
Author's Note
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Copyright
An Hour Before Daylight
Dedication
One: Land, Farm, and Place
Two: Sharecropping as a Way of Life
Three: Hard Times, and Politics
Four: My Life as a Young Pup
Five: My Mama and Daddy
Six: Boiled Peanuts in Plains
Seven: Breaking Ground, to be a Man
Eight: Learning More About Life
Nine: Learning About Sin
Ten: The Carters of Georgia
Eleven: The Navy Versus Plains
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
About the Author
Index
Copyright
Christmas in Plains
Dedication
Introduction
1. Christmas as a Child
2. My Family
3. Christmas Events
4. Fireworks
5. Religion
6. Christmas at Our House
7. To a Broader World
8. College Years
9. Christmas in the Navy
10. Back Home in Georgia
11. Christmas as the First Family
1977
1978
1979
1980
12. Christmas During Recent Years
13. Best Christmas of All?
About Jimmy Carter
Copyright
Sharing Good Times
Dedication
Introduction
A Boyhood in Archery
Baseball
My Ambition, USNA
Navy Life
Back to Plains
Traveling with Our Boys
Learning About Politics
Sharing My Faith
Aiming for the White House
Outdoors Together
Challenging Sports
White House Vacations
Fly-fishing
Tourists in China and Japan
Family Vacations
Volunteer Work
Climbing Toward Everest
Kilimanjaro
Watching Birds Together
Panmunjom to Mount Fuji
Spain
African Game Parks
Fishing and Hunting Companions
Private Hobbies
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
A Remarkable Mother
Dedication
Epigraph
1. Early Family Years
2. Nursing and Marriage in Plains
3. Growing a Family
4. Living in the Country
5. The Practice of Medicine
6. Dealing with the Race Issue
7. New Interests as a Widow
8. An Elderly Peace Corps Volunteer
9. Seeking a Role in India
10. Learning the Strange Customs
11. Expanding Interests
12. Helping a Son Become President
13. A Helpful Bodyguard
14. America's First Mama
15. Plains vs. the White House
16. Back at Home
Postscript, in Vikhroli
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
The Hornet's Nest
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Principal Characters
Book I: 1763-1773
Chapter 1. The Philadelphia Cordwainers
Chapter 2. Sons of Liberty in Norfolk
Chapter 3. A Corrupt Royal Government
Chapter 4. The Regulators
Chapter 5. The Regulator Revolt
Chapter 6. Quakers Move to Georgia
Chapter 7. The Battle at Alamance
Chapter 8. Trial and Execution
Chapter 9. The Pratts Move to Georgia
Chapter 10. Life on the Frontier
Chapter 11. The Pratts and the Morrises
Chapter 12. The Neighboring Indians
Chapter 13. William Bartram Visits Georgia
Book II: 1774-1777
Chapter 14. Stirrings of a Conflict
Chapter 15. A Special Colony
Chapter 16. Massacre of the Indians
Chapter 17. Clarke Organizes a Militia
Chapter 18. Peace in Georgia, Fighting in the North
Chapter 19. The Georgia Navy Strikes
Chapter 20. Does God Approve Revolution?
Chapter 21. Thomas Brown, British Spy
Chapter 22. Tar and Feathers
Chapter 23. A Rebirth at St. Augustine
Chapter 24. The Florida Rangers
Chapter 25. "Common Sense"
Chapter 26. Georgians Expel the British Governor
Chapter 27. The Struggle for Indian Allegiance
Chapter 28. Florida Rangers Versus Georgia Militia
Chapter 29. Georgia Remains Independent
Chapter 30. A Deadly Duel
Book III: 1778-1785
Chapter 31. The British Southern Strategy
Chapter 32. Last Invasion of Florida
Chapter 33. Quash Dolly, Slave Woman
Chapter 34. The British Take Savannah
Chapter 35. The Hornet's Nest
Chapter 36. "Take No Prisoners!"
Chapter 37. Ethan Pratt Goes to War
Chapter 38. The British Take Georgia
Chapter 39. The Americans and d'Estaing Attack Savannah
Chapter 40. New York to Savannah
Chapter 41. Brown Returns to Augusta
Chapter 42. The Fall of Charles Town
Chapter 43. Cornwallis Triumphant
Chapter 44. Georgia Militia to Carolina
Chapter 45. Attack on Augusta
Chapter 46. Four Hundred to the Watauga Valley
Chapter 47. The Over Mountain Men
Chapter 48. Ethan at King's Mountain
Chapter 49. General Nathanael Greene
Chapter 50. Georgians Turn to Combat at Home
Chapter 51. A Victory at Augusta
Chapter 52. Ethan and Mavis
Chapter 53. Cornwallis Moves North
Chapter 54. Mavis Goes North
Chapter 55. Georgia Finally Secured
Chapter 56. Ethan Returns to Augusta
Epilogue
About Jimmy Carter
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