Description
A New York Times Bestseller
Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter kept a private diary. 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 world's most powerful political office. Yet this extraordinary document was never made public--until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating entries, Carter provides us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, and his campaign for peace in the Middle East. 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, White House Diary is a fascinating book that stands as a unique contribution to the history of the American presidency.Author: Jimmy Carter
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 08/30/2011
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9780312577193
ISBN10: 0312577192
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Political Science | American Government | Executive Branch
About the Author
JIMMY CARTER, our thirty-ninth president, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The author of numerous bestsellers--including An Hour Before Daylight and Palestine Peace Not Apartheid--he and his wife, Rosalynn, live in Plains, Georgia, but continue to travel around the world in support of numerous philanthropic efforts.
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