Remarkably, thirty years after the fact, he has annotated the diary with candid reflections on the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons, he learned. Offering an unprecedented look inside both the man and his tenure, this fascinating book stands as a unique contribution to the history of the American presidency.įor more book selections, please visit our Books Collection. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment and his campaign for peace in the Middle East. By carefully selecting the most illuminating entries, Carter provides us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Yet this extraordinary document was never made public-until now. In it, he supplied unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders, and narrated the progress of secret negotiations he recorded his thoughts and his impressions of White House life and chronicled the delights and the frustrations of occupying the worlds most powerful political office. At the White House, she dealt regularly with governors, mayors and other state and local leaders. Urn:oclc:872597845 Republisher_date 20120424224339 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120424025456 Scanner day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter kept a private diary. Jimmy Carter announcing his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 1974.
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