Jimmy Carter’s ascent to the White House ... He announced his White House bid on December 12 1974, amid fallout from the Vietnam War and the resignation of Richard Nixon. Then he leveraged ...

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...

Former President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human rights-centered policies. “I think that now is the time to heal our country after the ...

The war had been over for Americans since 1973; North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam, reuniting the country by force in 1975. Still, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter believed the fates of thousands of ...

As the United States marks the death of former president Jimmy Carter ... Regardless of the rest of Carter’s legacy, his pardon of Vietnam War resisters in Canada had a profound impact on ...

But it would turn out, Jimmy Carter was just what 1970s America needed. After the political turmoil of Nixon and Watergate and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, America craved stability ...

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter issued ...

Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. In ...