![]() ![]() 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. 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. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, and his campaign for peace in the Middle East. Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E873. 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. copyright 2010 autographed by Jimmy Carter on title page Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishers, New York hardbound, 571. ![]() 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. Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter kept a private diary. ![]()
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