Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter : A Canadian Tribute

by Milnes, Arthur; Carter, Jimmy; Clark, Joe

• ISBN13: 9781553393009
• ISBN10: 1553393007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-24
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter highlights the work of the former president and first lady with Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Pierre Trudeau, both in the White House and beyond to the activities of the Carter Center, and is a documentary tribute to the Carters from a wide variety of Canadians across the political spectrum. It also provides glimpses of the rural Georgia town, Plains, the home of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, through a Canadian prism. A selection of President Carter's major addresses, including his Nobel Peace Prize lecture, is also included.

Author Biography

Arthur Milnes, the Inaugural Fellow in Political History at Queen's University Archives, has been visiting Plains, Georgia annually since 2005 and has interviewed President Carter four times. Milnes has written extensively about the Carters for newspapers on both sides of the Canada-US border. He served as research assistant to former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on the latter's 2007 Memoirs and has edited or co-edited five previous volumes in the Library of Political Leadership Series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. v
Foreword	p. xi
Preface: A Pretty Good Canadian	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
White House Years, 1977 to 1981
Memorandum: 15-Minute Interview at 5:15 p.m.	p. 1
Memorandum: Talking Points for President's Interview on Canada AM	p. 2
Text of President Carter's Interview with Bruce Phillips of CTV's Canada AM	p. 3
Welcoming Ceremony for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau	p. 5
Visit of Prime Minister Trudeau Toasts of the President and the Prime Minister at a Dinner Honouring the Prime Minister	p. 8
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Address to the US Congress	p. 12
United States-Canada Agreement on a Natural Gas Pipeline Remarks of the President and Prime Minister Trudeau Announcing the Agreement	p. 18
Meeting with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada Remarks on the Departure of the Prime Minister	p. 21
Meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada Joint Communiqué	p. 25
President Jimmy Carter on the Return of Six Americans From Iran Telephone Discussion with Prime Minister Joe Clark of Canada	p. 27
Prime Minister Joe Clark to Reporters While on the Campaign Trail	p. 29
Declassified US Intelligence Report	p. 29
Our Nation's Past and Future: Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in New York City	p. 35
Inaugural Address	p. 43
United Nations Address Before the General Assembly (17 March 1977)	p. 46
University of Notre Dame Address at Commencement Exercises at the University	p. 52
United Nations Address Before the General Assembly (4 October 1977)	p. 59
United States Naval Academy Address at the Commencement Exercises	p. 66
Remarks of the President, President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel	p. 73
Camp David Meeting on the Middle East Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress	p. 77
Cairo, Egypt Address Before the People's Assembly	p. 83
Jerusalem, Israel Address Before the Knesset	p. 87
Address Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Vienna Summit Meeting	p. 93
Address to the Nation on Energy and National Goals: ôThe Malaise Speechö	p. 100
Farewell Address to the Nation	p. 110
The Man From Plains	p. 115
Plains High School	p. 117
Ex-president still a Plains man; Jimmy Carter is right at home in the small Georgia town where he was raised	p. 121
The Teacher	p. 124
Special Evening with the Carters in Plains, Ga.	p. 125
President Carter and Habitat for Humanity	p. 129
A Tribute	p. 131
Greatest Speech	p. 133
Trudeau, Clark remembered fondly by Carter in White House Diary: review	p. 135
Walter Mondale remembers	p. 138
An idealist in an age of hollow men Jimmy Carter's a giant of our time	p. 142
Afghan mission worth cost to Canada	p. 143
When Jimmy Carter faced radioactivity head-on	p. 145
US President Carter was ôvisionary leader,ö despite 1979 ôMalaise speechö	p. 148
After the White House
Queen Charlotte Steelheads	p. 151
The Promise and Peril of Democracy	p. 161
Remarks by Jimmy Carter at the conference Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom	p. 167
Camp David Accords: Jimmy Carter Reflects 25 Years Later	p. 171
2002 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture	p. 178
The United States and Cuba: A Vision for the 21st Century	p. 183
President Carter's Cuba Trip Report	p. 187
Remarks at Korea University A Nuclear North Korea and Peace in the Korean Peninsula?	p. 194
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