American Presidents & Politics: The Unfulfilled Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Kai Bird
Wednesday, March 29, 2023Time 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Unfulfilled Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian & Journalist
Wednesday, March 29 | 4:30pm | Auditorium
Four decades after Ronald Reagan’s landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter’s one- term presidency is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view Carter as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the Carter political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political adversity. In this deeply researched, brilliantly written account, Kai Bird expertly unfolds the Carter saga as a tragic tipping point in American history.
Kai Bird is the acclaimed author of biographies of John J. McCloy and of McGeorge and William Bundy. He won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (co-authored with Martin J. Sherwin). His work includes critical writings on the Vietnam War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the CIA.
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