Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog
Image from Google Jackets

White House diary /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 570 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780374280994 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0374280991 (hc : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.926092 22
LOC classification:
  • E873 .A3 2010
Contents:
A chronology of my White House years -- Senior officials in my administration -- Prelude: The campaign -- 1977 -- 1978 -- 1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- Aftermath.
Summary: Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this document has never been made public -- until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, sustainable energy, human rights, and peace in the Middle East. We witness his interactions with such complex personalities as Ted Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. We get the inside story of his so-called "malaise speech," his bruising battle for the 1980 Democratic nomination, and the Iranian hostage crisis. Remarkably, we also get Carter's retrospective comments on these topics and more: thirty years after the fact, he has annotated the diary with his candid reflections on the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973.926 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000226855
Browsing Chamberlin Free Public Library shelves, Shelving location: Nonfiction, Collection: Nonfiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
973.924 SCH Robert Kennedy, in his own words : 973.924 WOO Shadow : 973.924 WOO The final days / 973.926 CAR White House diary / 973.926 CAR Sharing good times 973.927 O'RE Killing Reagan : 973.927 TOW The Tower Commission report :

Includes index.

A chronology of my White House years -- Senior officials in my administration -- Prelude: The campaign -- 1977 -- 1978 -- 1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- Aftermath.

Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this document has never been made public -- until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, sustainable energy, human rights, and peace in the Middle East. We witness his interactions with such complex personalities as Ted Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. We get the inside story of his so-called "malaise speech," his bruising battle for the 1980 Democratic nomination, and the Iranian hostage crisis. Remarkably, we also get Carter's retrospective comments on these topics and more: thirty years after the fact, he has annotated the diary with his candid reflections on the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.