White House Diary - Hardcover

Carter, Jimmy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374280991 ISBN 13: 9780374280994

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2010

Synopsis

During his years in the White House, President Jimmy Carter kept a diary filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes and his lasting impact on issues that are still important today, and now the diary is available to the public for the first time, with the best entries selected by Carter himself and complemented by his candid reflections. 300,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Fascinating...The pace gives a sense of what it is like to be president, and the entries contain blunt appraisals of the people with whom he dealt." --"The New York Times"

"Outstanding...Anyone seeking insight into the thirty-ninth president of the United States would do well to pick up [this] book." --"The Christian Science Monitor"

"A substantial contribution to [history]... a uniquely unfiltered look at what occupying the Oval Office day to day means." --"Los Angeles Times"

"Fascinating...The pace gives a sense of what it is like to be president, and the entries contain blunt appraisals of the people with whom he dealt." --"The New York Times""Outstanding...Anyone seeking insight into the thirty-ninth president of the United States would do well to pick up [this] book." --"The Christian Science Monitor""A substantial contribution to [history]... a uniquely unfiltered look at what occupying the Oval Office day to day means." --"Los Angeles Times""[Carter's] tart wit and cutting candor add flavor to a revealing portrait of presidential achievement."--"Publishers Weekly"

Fascinating...The pace gives a sense of what it is like to be president, and the entries contain blunt appraisals of the people with whom he dealt. "The New York Times"

Outstanding Anyone seeking insight into the thirty-ninth president of the United States would do well to pick up [this] book. "The Christian Science Monitor"

A substantial contribution to [history] a uniquely unfiltered look at what occupying the Oval Office day to day means. "Los Angeles Times"

[Carter's] tart wit and cutting candor add flavor to a revealing portrait of presidential achievement. "Publishers Weekly""

"Fascinating...The pace gives a sense of what it is like to be president, and the entries contain blunt appraisals of the people with whom he dealt." --The New York Times

"Outstanding...Anyone seeking insight into the thirty-ninth president of the United States would do well to pick up [this] book." --The Christian Science Monitor

"A substantial contribution to [history]... a uniquely unfiltered look at what occupying the Oval Office day to day means." --Los Angeles Times

"[Carter's] tart wit and cutting candor add flavor to a revealing portrait of presidential achievement." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Jimmy Carter, our thirty-ninth president, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, includingWhite House Diary, An Hour Before Daylight and Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Carter grew up on a peanut farm in Plains, Georgia. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946, and after seven years of service in the Navy, he returned to Georgia and entered state politics, becoming governor in 1971. In 1976, he was elected President of the United States.

Carter aspired to make government "competent and compassionate," and fought for human rights around the world. His successes include the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, the Panama Canal treaties, and establishing full diplomatic relations with China.

After leaving office, he and his wife Rosalynn created the Carter Center, a nonpartisan organization working to advance human rights and democracy, resolve conflicts, and relieve suffering from disease and hunger around the world. The Carters live in Plains, Georgia, but continue to travel around the world in support of numerous philanthropic efforts.

Jimmy Carter, our thirty-ninth president, received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002. The author of numerous bestsellers---including An Hour Before Daylight and Our Endangered Values---he and his wife, Rosalynn, live in Plains, Georgia, but continue to travel around the world in support of The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization advancing peace and health, and other humanitarian causes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0374280991
• ISBN 13: 9780374280994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 570