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The outlier, the unfinished presidency of Jimmy Carter, Kai Bird

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [657]-743) and index

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Kai Bird

the unfinished presidency of Jimmy Carter

"In these remarkable pages, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Bird traces the arc of Carter's administration, from his aggressive domestic agenda to his controversial foreign policy record, taking readers inside the Oval Office and through Carter's battles with both a political establishment and a Washington press corps that proved as adversarial as any foreign power. Bird shows how issues still hotly debated today--from national health care to growing inequality and racism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--burned at the heart of Carter's America, and consumed a president who found a moral duty in solving them. Drawing on interviews with Carter and members of his administration and recently declassified documents, Bird delivers a profound, clear-eyed evaluation of a leader whose legacy has been deeply misunderstood."--, Provided by publisher

The past is never dead -- A peculiar heritage -- The populist from plains -- Jimmy who? -- Mr. Carter goes to Washington -- White House life -- Life is unfair -- Lancegate -- Depatures in foreign policy -- "Israel trusts no one" -- Washington distractions-- Troubles with liberals -- Troubles with a speechwriter -- Triumph at Camp David -- "A weird period for liberals" -- An Ayatollah's revolution -- Tilting against American exceptionalism -- "You should fire people" -- Foreign policy imbroglios -- Much ado about nothing -- Fateful decisions -- An unhappy spring -- Whipping Kennedy's ass -- The October surprise -- The defeat -- White House twilight -- Keeping faith

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Unfinished presidency of Jimmy Carter