A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety (35 page)

most difficult challenge of,
157

most important diplomatic decision of,
167

most stressful period of,
171
–73

unresolved issues of,
177
–203

Carter, Littleberry Walker,
4
–5

Carter, Rosalynn Smith,
37
,
233

in Carter Center programs,
207
,
213
,
214
,
215
–17,
223
,
226

in Carter’s Warehouse business,
88
–89

courtship of,
36
–39

family history of,
3
,
5

as First Lady,
118
–19,
128
,
129
–32,
136
,
145
,
154
,
174
,
195
,
203

in Habitat for Humanity,
66
,
169
,
221
,
223
,
224

integration supported by,
78
–79

in JC’s political career,
86
,
89
,
90
,
98
,
100
,
104
,
106
,
107
,
112
,
113
,
121
,
168
,
181
,
193
,
202
,
221
,
236

marital relationship of,
67
–68,
81
,
88
–89,
109
,
125
,
208
,
226
,
228
,
237
–38

private life of,
2
,
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,
44
,
45
,
48
,
51
,
61
,
63
,
71
,
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,
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–77,
80
,
81
,
90
,
93
,
102
,
135
,
230

Carter, Ruth,
see
Stapleton, Ruth Carter

Carter, Wiley,
4

Carter, William Archibald “Billy” (JC’s grandfather),
4
–5

Carter Center,
169
,
230
,
232
,
235
–36,
238

activities in China by,
167
–68

arrangements for North Korea by,
188

as book subject,
228

disease control initiatives of,
210
–11,
236

establishment and mission of,
207
–8,
209

international election monitoring by,
222
–23,
236

JC’s role at,
206
–7

peace initiatives through,
214
–22

projects of,
2
,
203
,
225
,
229

Carter’s Warehouse,
75
,
79
,
80
,
88
–89,
204

Castro, Fidel,
179
,
186
–87,
188
,
214

Castro, Raul,
188
,
214

Catoctin Mountain Park,
122
,
125

Cédras, Raoul,
215
–16

Cédras, Yannick,
216

Cessna airplane,
99
–101

Chalk River, Canada, nuclear power plant accident at,
64
–65,
195

Challenger
,
196

Chennault, Claire,
49

Chernenko, Konstantin,
150

Chiang Kai-shek, Madame,
49

Chile,
130
,
174

China,
30
,
47
,
50

civil war in,
49
,
51

rebirth of Christianity in,
134
–35

China, Nationalist,
49
,
51
,
165
–66

China, People’s Republic of,
51
,
190
,
192
,
198
,
225
,
234

JC’s policy in normalizing relations with,
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,
165
–68,
184
,
186
,
203

rising global strength of,
186
,
236

village elections in,
167
–68

Christopher, Warren,
141

Chrysler Corporation,
151
–52

Church, Frank,
114

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons),
3
,
132
,
161

CIA,
122
,
130
,
173
,
175
,
178
–79

Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission
,
182

Civil Aeronautics Board,
148

civil rights,
59
,
78
–79,
90
,
162

LBJ’s promotion of,
89

murdered workers for,
201

Civil Service, U.S.,
60

Civil War, U.S.,
4
,
155
,
162

clairvoyance,
197

Clark, Jack,
8
,
9
,
16
,
20

Clark, Rachel,
8
,
9
,
19
,
26
,
28

Clinch River Breeder Reactor,
161
,
193

Clinton, Bill,
220
–21

JC’s relationship with,
235
,
236

presidency of,
162
,
187
,
188
,
214
,
215
–16,
236

Clinton, Hillary,
221
,
236

Closing the Gap Consultation,
226

Cohen, William,
144

Cold War,
42
,
55
,
56
,
116
,
117
,
149
–51

nuclear threat in,
199
–200

Coleman, Julia,
24
,
34
,
96
–97

college:

JC’s education at,
20
,
28
,
30
–31

JC’s goal in establishment of,
87
–88

Colombia,
130
,
157
–58

Columbus, Ga.,
83
,
87
,
103

communism,
79
,
133
,
214

Chinese,
49
,
167
–68

in Latin America,
174
,
186
,
187
,
188

Soviet,
149
,
151

Congo, Democratic Republic of (formerly Zaire),
179
,
214

Congress, U.S.,
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,
129
,
144
,
148
,
158
,
170
,
178
,
181
,
182
,
187
,
191

JC’s bid for,
1
,
91

JC’s relations with,
119
,
136
–38,
149
,
167
,
175
,
184
–85,
193
,
202

opposition to civil rights in,
59
,
141

Constitution, U.S.,
165
,
202

Fourteenth Amendment of,
101

Coolidge, Calvin,
121

cotton farming,
12
–13,
19
–20,
26
,
69
,
71
,
72
,
204

Country Music Association,
161

“county unit” voting system in Georgia,
80

criminal justice system,
101
–4,
109

Croatians,
217

Crow, Carl,
84
–85

Crown of Saint Stephen,
168
–69

cruise missiles,
147
,
149

Cruz, Eloy,
95

Cuba,
95
–96,
179
,
189
,
214
,
236

JC’s policy on,
116

U.S. tensions with,
186
–88

Czechoslovakia,
150

Dayan, Moshe,
156

DeConcini, Dennis,
160
–61

Defense Department, U.S.,
113
,
175
,
178
–79,
192

Democratic National Conventions,
236

of 1948,
162

of 1972,
106

of 1976,
114

of 1980,
201

of 2008,
220
–21

Democratic party:

Carter family in,
80
–90,
121

in Congress,
137
–38,
159
,
170
,
182
,
190

in Georgia,
28
–29,
83
,
89
–90,
91
–92,
100
,
104
,
108

JC’s relationship with,
203

national,
105
,
106
–8,
110
,
113
,
162
,
183
,
202
,
207

Deng Xiaoping,
134
–35,
166
–68,
186

Desert One,
171
–72

Dewey, Thomas,
29
,
44

disease, Carter Center’s programs for eradication of,
210
–11,
236

“Dixiecrats,”
59
,
162

Dobrynin, Anatoly,
150

Dole, Robert,
160

Dolvin, Emily (JC’s aunt),
113

Dominican Republic,
179
,
211

dracunculiasis (guinea worm),
210
–11

drug trade,
106
,
125
,
130

ongoing problem of,
177
–78

Eagleton, Thomas,
106

economic embargoes:

on Cuba,
186
–88

on North Korea,
186
,
188
,
190
,
191
–92

Ecuador,
174

education,
87
–88,
105
,
124
–25,
208

ongoing religious issues in,
183
–84

Education Department, U.S.,
144

Egypt, in Middle East Peace initiatives,
152
–56,
203
,
221
,
226

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
29
,
158
,
170

Eizenstat, Stuart,
112
,
138

election campaign funding,
117
,
182
–83

election fraud,
83
–87,
226

elections:

Georgia gubernatorial (1970),
98
–101

Georgia Senate,
81
–88,
82

international,
222
–23,
236

elections, U.S.:

of 1948,
41
–42,
59
,
162

of 1964,
89
,
162

of 1968,
162

of 1972,
105
–6,
114
,
163

of 1976,
1
,
52
,
106
,
117
,
147
,
150
,
152
,
180
,
182
,
183
,
225

of 1980,
144
–45,
161
,
173
,
182
,
184
,
201
–2,
203

of 1988,
143

of 2000,
235

of 2012,
182

Electric Boat Company (later General Dynamics Corporation),
55

Elizabeth, Queen Mother,
147

Elizabeth II, Queen of England,
147

ELMO (election monitoring device),
222
–23

El Salvador,
174

Emory University,
99
,
208
,
230

JC’s academic role at,
206
–8,
210
,
225

Emory University Hospital,
65
,
212

Energy Department, U.S.,
144

energy policy,
197
–99,
202
,
203

entrepreneurship,
8
,
12
,
29

environment, JC’s advocacy for,
75
,
105
,
170
–71,
184
–85,
197
–99,
202
,
208
,
234

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA),
181

Eskimos,
169
–70

Ethiopia,
211
–12,
214

Cuban troops in,
186
–87

European Union,
219

evangelism, evangelicals,
78
–79

involvement with religious right of,
183
–84,
228

missions of,
see
missionaries

moderate,
183

Everything to Gain
(Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter),
226

Fabiola, Queen of Belgium,
130

Faircloth, Tink,
75
–76

Falwell, Jerry,
183
–84

family planning,
200
–201

Family Tree Maker,
3

farming,
19
–22,
136

business aspects of,
71
–73,
80
,
88
,
98
,
204
,
238

in JC’s boyhood,
2
,
5
–22,
26
,
28
,
29
,
30
,
75
,
227
,
237

JC’s career in,
1
–2,
66
,
69
–80,
74
,
98
,
100
,
111
–12,
230
,
238