The Resource Jimmy Carter in Africa : race and the Cold War, Nancy Mitchell
Jimmy Carter in Africa : race and the Cold War, Nancy Mitchell
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- Summary
- In the mid-1970s, the Cold War had frozen into a nuclear stalemate in Europe and retreated from the headlines in Asia. As Geral Ford and Jimmy Carter fought for the presidency in late 1976, the superpower struggle overseas seemed to take a backseat to more contentious domestic issues of race relations and rising unemployment. There was one continent, however, where the Cold War was on the point of flaring hot: Africa. Jimmy Carter in Africa opens just after Henry Kissinger's failed 1975 plot in Angola, and as Carter launches his presidential campaign. The Civil Rights Act was only a decade old, and issues of racial justice remained hotly debated. Racism at home undermined Americans' efforts to "win hearts and minds" abroad and provided potent propaganda to the Kremlin. As President Carter confronted Africa, the essence of American foreign policy - stopping Soviet expansion - slammed up against the most explosive and raw aspect of American domestic politics - racism. Drawing on candid interviews with Carter, as well as key US and foreign diplomats, and on a dazzling array of international archival sources, Nancy Mitchell offers a timely reevaluation of the Carter administration and of the man himself. In the face of two major tests, in Rhodesia and the Horn of Africa, Carter grappled with questions of Cold War competition, domestic politics, personal loyalty, and decision-making style. Mitchell reveals an administration not beset by weakness and indecision, as is too commonly assumed, but rather constrained by Cold War dynamicsand by the president's own temperament as he wrestled with a divided public and his own human failings. Jimmy Carter in Africa presents a stark portrait of how deeply Cold War politics and racial justice were intertwined. -- from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
-
- Introduction: race and the Cold War
- Campaigns and negotiations
- Chasing triumph
- Southern Africa matters
- Unwelcome surprises
- Words and weapons
- Hopeful in the Horn
- Complications
- War and settlement
- Worrying about Cuba
- The war at home
- Discerning intentions
- Adjustments and showdowns
- Jimmy Carter's determination
- Surprises
- Lancaster House
- Conclusion: Jimmy Carter
- Isbn
- 9780804799188
- Label
- Jimmy Carter in Africa : race and the Cold War
- Title
- Jimmy Carter in Africa
- Title remainder
- race and the Cold War
- Statement of responsibility
- Nancy Mitchell
- Subject
-
- Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Außenpolitik
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Diplomatic relations
- Dschibuti
- Eritrea
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | International
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations | General
- Rassismus
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa
- Äthiopien
- 1977-1981
- Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the mid-1970s, the Cold War had frozen into a nuclear stalemate in Europe and retreated from the headlines in Asia. As Geral Ford and Jimmy Carter fought for the presidency in late 1976, the superpower struggle overseas seemed to take a backseat to more contentious domestic issues of race relations and rising unemployment. There was one continent, however, where the Cold War was on the point of flaring hot: Africa. Jimmy Carter in Africa opens just after Henry Kissinger's failed 1975 plot in Angola, and as Carter launches his presidential campaign. The Civil Rights Act was only a decade old, and issues of racial justice remained hotly debated. Racism at home undermined Americans' efforts to "win hearts and minds" abroad and provided potent propaganda to the Kremlin. As President Carter confronted Africa, the essence of American foreign policy - stopping Soviet expansion - slammed up against the most explosive and raw aspect of American domestic politics - racism. Drawing on candid interviews with Carter, as well as key US and foreign diplomats, and on a dazzling array of international archival sources, Nancy Mitchell offers a timely reevaluation of the Carter administration and of the man himself. In the face of two major tests, in Rhodesia and the Horn of Africa, Carter grappled with questions of Cold War competition, domestic politics, personal loyalty, and decision-making style. Mitchell reveals an administration not beset by weakness and indecision, as is too commonly assumed, but rather constrained by Cold War dynamicsand by the president's own temperament as he wrestled with a divided public and his own human failings. Jimmy Carter in Africa presents a stark portrait of how deeply Cold War politics and racial justice were intertwined. -- from dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mitchell, Nancy
- Dewey number
- 327.730609/047
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- DT38.7
- LC item number
- .M58 2016eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cold War international history project series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Carter, Jimmy
- United States
- Africa
- United States
- Carter, Jimmy
- Carter, Jimmy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Diplomatic relations
- Africa
- United States
- Außenpolitik
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- Rassismus
- USA
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Eritrea
- Äthiopien
- Dschibuti
- Label
- Jimmy Carter in Africa : race and the Cold War, Nancy Mitchell
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: race and the Cold War -- Campaigns and negotiations -- Chasing triumph -- Southern Africa matters -- Unwelcome surprises -- Words and weapons -- Hopeful in the Horn -- Complications -- War and settlement -- Worrying about Cuba -- The war at home -- Discerning intentions -- Adjustments and showdowns -- Jimmy Carter's determination -- Surprises -- Lancaster House -- Conclusion: Jimmy Carter
- Control code
- 946725426
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780804799188
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 40025990854
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946725426
- Label
- Jimmy Carter in Africa : race and the Cold War, Nancy Mitchell
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: race and the Cold War -- Campaigns and negotiations -- Chasing triumph -- Southern Africa matters -- Unwelcome surprises -- Words and weapons -- Hopeful in the Horn -- Complications -- War and settlement -- Worrying about Cuba -- The war at home -- Discerning intentions -- Adjustments and showdowns -- Jimmy Carter's determination -- Surprises -- Lancaster House -- Conclusion: Jimmy Carter
- Control code
- 946725426
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780804799188
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 40025990854
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946725426
Subject
- Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Außenpolitik
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Diplomatic relations
- Dschibuti
- Eritrea
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | International
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations | General
- Rassismus
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa
- Äthiopien
- 1977-1981
- Africa
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