1. Introduction -- 2. What Makes Jimmy Run? -- 3. Transition and Honeymoon -- 4. Morality and Foreign Policy -- 5. The Dog Days of Summer and Fall -- 6. Can Carter Cope? -- 7. The Year of Negotiations -- 8. War on Inflation -- 9. Crescent of Crisis -- 10. A Growing Sense of Crisis -- 11. Foreign Policy, Patriotism, and Politics -- 12. Economic Pain and Politics -- 13. Gloom and Doom -- 14. Defeat -- 15. Epilogue.