The outlier: the unfinished presidency of Jimmy Carter

The pre-presidency. The past is never dead ; A peculiar heritage ; The populist from Plains ; Jimmy Who?

The presidency. Mr. Carter goes to Washington ; White House life ; Life Is unfair ; Lancegate ; Departures in foreign policy ; "Israel trusts no one" ; Washington distractions ; Troubles with liberals ; Troubles with a speechwriter ; Triumph at Camp David ; "A weird period for liberals" ; An Ayatollah's revolution ; Tilting against American exceptionalism ; "You should fire people" ; Foreign policy imbroglios ; Much ado about nothing ; Fateful decisions ; An unhappy spring ; Whipping Kennedy's ass ; The October surprise ; The defeat ; White House twilight

The post-presidency. Keeping faith ; Epilogue.