Overview
"Hostage," the conclusion of a two-part Jimmy Carter biography, covers his presidency and post-presidency. Human rights were to be "a basic tenet of our foreign policy," Carter declared in 1977, but he was overwhelmed by events in Iran, and economic woes at home led to a "malaise" so severe that the 1978 Camp David accords didn't even give him a boost in the polls. Then came the hostage crisis. But back in Plains, he and Rosalynn regrouped. And now? As former Carter speechwriter Henrdrik Hertzberg puts it: "His values, his devotion to human rights, keep on resonating in a way that his failures and weaknesses don't."
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15 - 1Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? November 11, 2002 -
15 - 2Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage November 12, 2002 -
15 - 3Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis January 13, 2003 -
15 - 4Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun January 14, 2003 -
15 - 5Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago January 15, 2003 -
15 - 6The Murder of Emmett Till January 20, 2003 -
15 - 7Transcontinental Railroad January 27, 2003 -
15 - 8Partners of the Heart February 10, 2003 -
15 - 9The Pill February 24, 2003 -
15 - 10Daughter from Danang April 07, 2003 -
15 - 11Seabiscuit April 21, 2003 -
15 - 12Bataan Rescue July 07, 2003 -
15 - 13Murder at Harvard July 14, 2003