Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

by Jimmy Carter

Overview

In Keeping Faith, originally published in 1982, President Carter provides a candid account of his time in the Oval Office, detailing the hostage crisis in Iran, his triumph at the Camp David Middle East peace summit, his relationships with world leaders, and even glimpses into his private world. “Responsible, truthful, intelligent, earnest, rational, purposeful. Thus the man: thus the book” (The Washington Post).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610752237
Publisher:	University of Arkansas Press
Publication date:	07/01/1995
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	648
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his time as president and his work through the Carter Center, which seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health around the world.

Table of Contents

Contents Chronology of the Carter Presidency A First Word I. Freedom Tuesday, January 20, 1981 II. A Graduate Course in America A Walk to the White House Lining Up My Team III. An Outside in Washington My One-Week Honeymoon with Congress The Moral Equivalent of War The Bert Lance Affair IV. On the Same Earth Speaking Out for Human Rights "Jimmy Carter is Giving Away Our Canal!" China Shadow over the Earth: The Nuclear Threat V. No More War October 6, 1981 Israeli Security, Land, and Palestinian Rights Thirteen Days After Camp David VI. Iran and the Last Year Iran A Hard Winter Almost Free Beleaguered The Election of 1980 Transition Afterword Acknowledgments Index

Editorial Reviews

Seldom has a presidential memoir been so self-revealing.”

—Wall Street Journal

“Responsible, truthful, intelligent, earnest, rational, purposeful. Thus the man: thus the book.”

—The Washington Post

“A wonderfully vivid closeup portrait of Leonid Brezhnev. And Mr. Carter’s detailed report on the Camp David Middle East peace summit is absolutely riveting.”

—The New York Times

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