"What the heck are you up to, Mr. President?" : Jimmy Carter, America's "malaise," and the speech that should have changed the country /

"What the heck are you up to, Mr. President?" : Jimmy Carter, America's "malaise," and the speech that should have changed the country /

An assessment of the events that led up to Jimmy Carter's infamous 1979 "malaise" speech places it against a backdrop of such events as the gas crisis and the Iran-hostage situation while explaining that the speech had far greater relevance than its reception reflected.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mattson, Kevin, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2010.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Carter, Jimmy, > 1924- > Oratory.
Carter, Jimmy, > 1924- > Political and social views.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Energy policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > United States.
National characteristics, American.
United States > Politics and government > 1977-1981.
Table of Contents:
  • "What the heck are you up to, Mr. President?"
  • Diagnosing the nation's heart of glass (April 1979)
  • Making friends and enemies in a time of crisis (May 1979)
  • "The worst of times" (June 1979)
  • "One of my best" (July 1979)
  • The speech becomes a "turning point" to the end (July 1979 to January 1981)
  • Epilogue : In dreams there begin no responsibilities.

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