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 ...

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 ...

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

Jimmy Carter's 100 years of life were filled with memorable events. Here are some of the biggest ones from the 39th president ...

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, seen in September 1980 ... his legacy was the way he dealt with the aftermath of the Vietnam War. By the time Saigon fell in 1975, over 58,000 American military ...

During Carter's presidency, many thought they would no longer have to sign up for possible military service. As one Rolling ...

In death, as in life, former President Jimmy Carter can’t seem to get a fair shake ... LBJ, aided by Defense Secretary Robert ...

The consensus among historians, journalists, and analysts has long been that President Jimmy Carter’s four-year ... making them more efficient. At first, Carter contributed to the inflation left over ...

Whatever ceremonial respect Jimmy Carter gets paid while he's lying in state, it's unlikely to change his historical reputation as a second-rater. The scholars who fill out the presidential rankings ...

The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests over moral values, advocating instead for a foreign policy that ...

After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral ...

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 ...