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An investigative account of the abuse of power, various scandals, mismanagement and the erosion of credibility by the Carter adminstration. A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter traces Carter's four years of decline from the early promises and high hopes of his campaign through subsequent mismanagement, incompetence, and compromise.

Drawing on modern psychoanalytic theory and the study of group process, the essays in this book explore President Jimmy Carter from a psychological perspective, concluding that his personality patterns will have a negative impact on the nation. -- Dust jacket.

Examination of the Carter Presidency concentrating on major issues including arms control and the energy crisis.

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...

Jimmy Carter, American Moralist is the first full-scale biography of Carter since 1980. Drawing from scores of interviews and other primary sources, Kenneth E. Morris follows Carter from his southern roots through his naval service and political career to the international projects of the Carter Center. All of the major episodes of his life are here, including some not previously covered and many others that have been given fresh interpretations....

"In The Trusteeship Presidency, the distinguished political scientist Charles O. Jones portrays President Carter's seemingly antipolitical approach to politics and how it affected his often strained relations with Congress. Using the extensive interviews conducted with President Carter and senior members of the White House shortly after Carter's term ended, Jones considers the political context of Carter's extraordinary nomination and electoral victories...

He is known as the Great Peace Maker, a man whose humanitarian ideals prompt his diplomatic intervention in places like Haiti, North Korea, Bosnia, the Middle East. Whether negotiating a cease-fire in shell-shocked Sarajevo or building houses for the homeless in Appalachia, Jimmy Carter can be found at the helm of a vast array of humanitarian efforts. An annual nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, he embodies the qualities that the American public mourns...

The former president offers an account of growing up on a Georgia farm during the Depression and provides profiles of the people who shaped his life.