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A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, Hardback Book

A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter Hardback

Edited by Scott (Francis Marion University, USA) Kaufman

Part of the Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History series

Hardback

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With 30 historiographical essays by established and rising scholars, this Companion is a comprehensive picture of the presidencies and legacies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Examines important national and international events during the 1970s, as well as presidential initiatives, crises, and legislationDiscusses the biography of each man before entering the White House, his legacy and work after leaving office, and the lives of Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, and their familiesCovers key themes and issues, including Watergate and the pardon of Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War, neoconservatism and the rise of the New Right, and the Iran hostage crisisIncorporates presidential, diplomatic, military, economic, social, and cultural historyUses the most recent research and newly released documents from the two Presidential Libraries and the State Department

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