President Carter: The White House Years by Stuart E. Eizenstat (English) Hardcov

Description: President Carter by Stuart E. Eizenstat The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments - drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Carter presidency is the most underappreciated of the last century. Often considered just a smiling but ineffectual Southerner in a sweater, Carter deserves to be remembered instead as a risk taker who always did the right thing, not the political thing, whose legacy led to presidential successes long after his term, and whose list of lasting achievements reshaped the country.Stuart Eizenstat saw everything firsthand. As Carters chief domestic policy adviser, he was directly involved in all domestic and economic decisions as well as in many involving foreign policy. Famous for the legal pads he took to every meeting, he draws on more than 5,000 pages of contemporaneous notes, as well as declassified documents and the 350 interviews he conducted with the eras key players from both parties, to write this comprehensive, yet intimate history.This book is no apologia, however. Eizenstat analyzes Carters triumphs and failures honestly so we can understand how he confronted some of the most intractable challenges any president has faced. In the end youll agree that this good man from Georgia was a greater president than history has allowed-and that President Carter: The White House Years is the definitive history of his one consequential term. Author Biography Stuart E. Eizenstat has served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and Deputy Secretary of both Treasury and State. He is also the author of Imperfect Justice. He is an international lawyer in Washington, D.C. Review "A comprehensive and persuasive account of Carters presidency that stands far above the familiar confessional and reveal-all accounts by former White House officials we are accustomed to reading. ... Eizenstat offers a compelling narrative filled with colorful stories ... Political junkies and presidential-history buffs will love this book. Eizenstat has succeeded in showing that the Carter presidency had a huge impact on American political life." --The Washington Post"Eizenstat has produced a thoughtful, measured and compelling account that bemoans Carters weaknesses even as it extols his strengths. It fills a gaping void on the presidential bookshelf. Until now, there has never been a satisfying full-length history of [Carters] presidency. Eizenstat closes that gap." --The New York Times"Eizenstats account is fascinating: detailed, intimate, even page-turning... From Stuart Eizenstat, you can learn a great deal -- about Carter, sure, but also about the presidency at large." --The National Review "Rich and fascinating" --Salon "Its nearly 1,000 pages long, but...it moves like a rocket, as does he, with seamless writing and exhaustive detail, interviews with everybody and anybody." --Neil Cavuto, Fox News"Definitive book on Carter" --The New Republic"Its clearly, even entertainingly written and worth reading even if youre not a Carter fan or a student of modern American history or political science. ... To say President Carter is the definitive history of the administration is an understatement." --Atlanta Jewish Times "Astonishing and instructive" --The Weekly Standard"An astute, often shocking, behind-the-scenes chronicle." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"An invaluable insiders perspective...this comprehensive, unflinching narrative and analytical treatment of Carter is essential for a new evaluation of an earnest, often exasperating, yet important figure in late 20th-century U.S. history." --Library Journal (starred review)"Eizenstats taut behind-the-scenes narrative gives readers unexpected reasons to appreciate Carters stunning accomplishment in negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel. A compelling reassessment of an oft-maligned chief executive." --Booklist (starred review)"President Carter: The White House Years adds tremendously to the growing historiography of the Carter presidency and deserves consideration as the seminal text for historians seeking to understand fully the tumultuous years of 1977-1981. A comprehensive and thorough chronicle of Jimmy Carters presidency." --Shelf Awareness "Stuart Eizenstats book is something we rarely see -- an illuminating, vital and elegant combination of White House insiders memoir and well-researched history. His excellent work shows us important new dimensions of Jimmy Carter and his Presidency and deserves to be widely read." --Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian and New York Times bestselling author of The Conquerors"Stuart Eizenstat has produced a knowing and insightful reassessment of President Carters administration from the perspective of a clear-eyed insider. Based on his own experiences and hundreds of interviews, he shows how Carters moral tone and under-appreciated accomplishments offer valuable lessons for our times. Its an important contribution to history."--Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of The Innovators and Steve Jobs"People never did understand me and still dont, Jimmy Carter has said. Stuart Eizenstat disproves the claim in this ultimate insiders account of our 39th President, which does for Carter what Robert Sherwood did for FDR, and Ted Sorensen for JFK. His access equaled by his objectivity, Eizenstat places the first New Democrat in historical perspective as a self-confident moralist impatient with incrementalism, uncomfortable with Washingtons status quo and the politicians who defer to it. Clearly more consequential, and legislatively successful, than it appears in popular memory, Carters presidency put a lasting stamp on energy and environmental policy, human rights and the tortuous pursuit of peace in the Middle East. Eizenstat makes it all matter in this highly readable narrative forty years in the making, and well worth the wait." --Richard Norton Smith, Pulitzer Prize finalist for Thomas E. Dewey and His Times"Stuart Eizenstats beautifully written book will become an essential part of our understanding of the Jimmy Carter presidency and of the history of America in the 1970s. No one has described and analyzed the Carter White House and public challenges of the seventies more thoroughly and fairly. This is judicious history every professional historian would be proud to call their own."--Robert Dallek, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Unfinished Life and Pulitzer Prize for History finalist for Nixon and Kissinger"Stuart Eizenstats President Carter: The White House Years is an epic biography and first-class administrative history of our vastly underrated 39th president. Such Carter accomplishments as Camp David, the Panama Canal Treaty, Alaska Lands and formal recognition of China pile up in a dramatic fashion. The amount of new documentary evidence unearthed by Eizenstat is staggering. A landmark achievement!"--Douglas Brinkley, CNN Historian and author of The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carters Journey Beyond the White House"Jimmy Carter was one of the most intriguing, and often-times misunderstood, presidents in U.S. history. President Carter: The White House Years, written by Stuart Eizenstat, the Carter Administrations chief domestic policy adviser, provides an in-depth and inside look at the successes and failures of our nations 39th President. It is a compelling read for all interested in this period of American history."--James A. Baker, III, Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush, Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and White House Chief of Staff to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan"History may judge Jimmy Carter guilty of too much humanity, but he lacked neither courage, nor conviction, nor, in the final analysis, real and lasting achievements. This is an important and long overdue assessment."--Ted Koppel, broadcast journalist, former anchor of ABCs Nightline"Stuart Eizenstat has poured heart and soul, reams of contemporaneous notes, lengthy interviews, and personal reflections into the definitive saga of Jimmy Carters presidency, with all its shining promise of a new beginning to its ultimate disappointment in the sands of the Middle East. Im glad he has done so. Its a fascinating read about life in the White House, day by day, week by week, called upon to respond to crises domestic and international, all complicated by political differences in the Presidents own party....Eizenstats research and recollections remind us that the man from Georgia was also a man of principle and substance, with substantial accomplishments in office."--Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan"An admiring but also very frank account of Jimmy Carters presidency by the ultimate insider, Stuart Eizenstat. Hes honest about Carters weaknesses, as well as his strengths, and he reveals some details that have never been reported before. His summation of what ifs at the end of the book makes haunting reading. This memoir reminds us that during the Carter years, we had a smart, decent but unlucky man in the Oval Office."--David Ignatius, columnist, The Washington Post"President Carter is an extraordinary reassessment of the first New Democrats presidency, combining Stus recognized domestic and international policy range and depth with wonderful political, personal, institutional, and societal insights. This book is much more than a well-written and researched history: Stu reminds that Jimmy Carter was the first modern president who ran as an anti-Establishment populist, navigating currents of alienation that have continued to swirl around American politics."--Robert B. Zoellick, former President of the World Bank, US Trade Representative, and Deputy Secretary of State"Jimmy Carter may well be due for a revisionist wave. If so, Stu Eizenstats important book will be seen as its cutting edge. As anyone who knows him would expect, Eizenstats book is tough-minded, thorough and thoughtful in making the case for a new view of the Carter Presidency. It deserves the close attention of anyone concerned with American history or politics." --Larry Summers, Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and former chairman of President Obamas National Economic Council"With his President Carter: the White House Years, Stuart Eizenstat has delivered a masterpiece - presidential biography as it should be written. Eizenstats rich narrative is both endearing and unforgiving, tracking Carter from the earliest days on the campaign to his final, failed hours office trying to free Iranian hostages. The author delivers all the fly-on-the-wall authenticity of an insider, while at the same time providing the arms-length perspective and historical context of a skilled biographer. This groundbreaking book should prompt a reassessment of one of our least understood commanders-in-chief."--Fred Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, and former Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief in Brussels"What better time than now for a reevaluation of Jimmy Carters presidency? And who better to initiate it than Stuart Eizenstat, Carters domestic policy director and one of his top advisors on the Mideast? No apologist, Eizenstat acknowledges Carters political weaknesses and studiously avoids excessive claims of greatness. President Carter is thus a first-rate work of analysis and history and a much-needed retrospective on a president who reflected great personal credit on the office he held and the country he served." --Stanley Cloud, former White House correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for Time magazine"Eizenstat has given us a seminal reminder of the kind of president that we need in this dangerous world--and of the contribution a candid insiders account can give to historys understanding of a widely misunderstood president. As Eizenstat writes, Jimmy Carter was not a great president, but he was a darned good one and, at the head of a functioning US government, accomplished much more than many others who have filled that post."--Douglas Besharov, Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy"If you believe you know the full truth about the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, youll think twice after you read Stu Eizenstats fascinating, richly researched, insider accounts. Eizenstat has filled in a lot of blanks about the administration he loyally served. While he fully acknowledges major mistakes by Carter and his aides (including himself), the author makes a strong case that Carters four years in the Oval Office are due a serious reevaluation, and that Carter achieved far more than he is often credited with in the shorthand style of current history and commentary."--Larry J. Sabato, professor, founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics"Stuart Eizenstat has written an important book, a richly detailed account of the events and people of Jimmy Carters presidency, which may very well lead to historys reevaluation of the 39th President."--Stephen H. Hess, Senior Fellow Emeritus, The Brookings Institution"An unflinchingly honest, comprehensive description and analysis of Jimmy Carters presidency. Eizenstats reconstruction of Carters term offers detailed treatment of foreign and domestic policy issues, along with intriguing analysis of the politics of it all. He was a participant observer and activist who knew the players well. History benefits, as will scholars and other readers of this crisply written, carefully researched volume."--Charles O. Jones, Hawkins Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison"Stu makes it impossible not to see Carters genuine accomplishments at home and abroad and his daring to tackle problems others wouldnt touch. It is a rare pleasure to read such a fair-minded and truthful book."--Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations"This book provides an important corrective to the history of the Carter administration. Written by one of the presidents closest and most influential advisers, it portrays the intricacies of presidential politics in compelling, balanced, and extremely readable prose. The discussion of events leading up to and through the Camp David peace accords is fascinating."--Stephen J. Wayne, Professor of Government, Georgetown University Promotional The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments - drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes. Review Quote "Stuart Eizenstats book is something we rarely see -- an illuminating, vital and elegant combination of White House insiders memoir and well-researched history. His excellent work shows us important new dimensions of Jimmy Carter and his Presidency and deserves to be widely read." --Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian and New York Times bestselling author of The Conquerors "Stuart Eizenstat has produced a knowing and insightful reassessment of President Carters administration from the perspective of a clear-eyed insider. Based on his own experiences and hundreds of interviews, he shows how Carters moral tone and and under-appreciated accomplishments offer valuable lessons for our times. Its an important contribution to history." -- Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of The Innovators and Steve Jobs "People never did understand me and still dont, Jimmy Carter has said. Stuart Eizenstat disproves the claim in this ultimate insiders account of our 39th President, which does for Carter what Robert Sherwood did for FDR, and Ted Sorensen for JFK. His access equaled by his objectivity, Eizenstat places the first New Democrat in historical perspective as a self-confident moralist impatient with incrementalism, uncomfortable with Washingtons status quo and the politicians who defer to it. Clearly more consequential, and legislatively successful, than it appears in popular memory, Carters presidency put a lasting stamp on energy and environmental policy, human rights and the tortuous pursuit of peace in the Middle East. Eizenstat makes it all matter in this highly readable narrative forty years in the making, and well worth the wait." -- Richard Norton Smith, Pulitzer Prize finalist for Thomas E. Dewey and His Times "Stuart Eizenstats beautifully written book will become an essential part of our understanding of the Jimmy Carter presidency and of the history of America in the 1970s. No one has described and analyzed the Carter White House and public challenges of the seventies more thoroughly and fairly. This is judicious history every professional historian would be proud to call their own." --Robert Dallek, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Unfinished Life and Pulitzer Prize for History finalist for Nixon and Kissinger "Stuart Eizenstats President Carter: The White House Years is an epic biography and first-class administrative history of our vastly underrated 39th president. Such Carter accomplishments as Camp David, the Panama Canal Treaty, Alaska Lands and formal recognition of China pile up in a dramatic fashion. The amount of new documentary evidence unearthed by Eizenstat is staggering. A landmark achievement!" -- Douglas Brinkley, CNN Historian and author of The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carters Journey Beyond the White House "Jimmy Carter was one of the most intriguing, and often-times misunderstood, presidents in U.S. history. President Carter: The White House Yea rs, written by Stuart Eizenstat, the Carter Administrations chief domestic policy adviser, provides an in-depth and inside look at the successes and failures of our nations 39th President. It is a compelling read for all interested in this period of American history." --James A. Baker, III, Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush, Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and White House Chief of Staff to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan "History may judge Jimmy Carter guilty of too much humanity, but he lacked neither courage, nor conviction, nor, in the final analysis, real and lasting achievements. This is an important and long overdue assessment." -- Ted Koppel, broadcast journalist, former anchor of ABCs Nightline "Stuart Eizenstat has poured heart and soul, reams of contemporaneous notes, lengthy interviews, and personal reflections into the definitive saga of Jimmy Carters presidency, with all its shining promise of a new beginning to its ultimate disappointment in the sands of the Middle East. Im glad he has done so. Its a fascinating read about life in the White House, day by day, week by week, called upon to respond to crises domestic and international, all complicated by political differences in the Presidents own party....Eizenstats research and recollections remind us that the man from Georgia was also a man of principle and substance, with substantial accomplishments in office." -- Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan "An admiring but also very frank account of Jimmy Carters presidency by the ultimate insider, Stuart Eizenstat. Hes honest about Carters weaknesses, as well as his strengths, and he reveals some details that have never been reported before. His summation of what ifs at the end of the book makes haunting reading. This memoir reminds us that during the Carter years, we had a smart, decent but unlucky man in the Oval Office." -- David Ignatius, columnist, The Washington Post " President Carter is an extraordinary reassessment of the first New Democrats presidency, combining Stus recognized domestic and international policy range and depth with wonderful political, personal, institutional, and societal insights. This book is much more than a well-written and researched history: Stu reminds that Jimmy Carter was the first modern president who ran as an anti-Establishment populist, navigating currents of alienation that have continued to swirl around American politics." -- Robert B. Zoellick, former President of the World Bank, US Trade Representative, and Deputy Secretary of State "Jimmy Carter may well be due for a revisionist wave. If so, Stu Eizenstats important book will be seen as its cutting edge. As anyone who knows him would expect, Eizenstats book is tough-minded, thorough and thoughtful in making the case for a new view of the Carter Presidency. It deserves the close attention of anyone concerned with American history or politics." --Larry Summers, Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and former chairman of President Obamas National Economic Council "With his President Carter: the White House Years , Stuart Eizenstat has delivered a masterpiece - presidential biography as it should be written. Eizenstats rich narrative is both endearing and unforgiving, tracking Carter from the earliest days on the campaign to his final, failed hours office trying to free Iranian hostages. The author delivers all the fly-on-the-wall authenticity of an insider, while at the same time providing the arms-length perspective and historical context of a skilled biographer. This groundbreaking book should prompt a reassessment of one of our least understood commanders-in-chief." --Fred Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, and former Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief in Brussels "What better time than now for a reevaluation of Jimmy Carters presidency? And who better to initiate it than Stuart Eizenstat, Carters domestic policy director and one of his top advisors on the Mideast? No apologist, Eizenstat acknowledges Carters political weaknesses and studiously avoids excessive claims of greatness. President Carter is thus a first-rate work of analysis and history and a much-needed retrospective on a president who reflected great personal credit on the office he held and the country he served." --Stanley Cloud, former White House correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for Time magazine "Eizenstat has given us a seminal reminder of the kind of president that we need in this dangerous world--and of the contribution a candid insiders account can give to historys understanding of a widely misunderstood president. As Eizenstat writes, Jimmy Carter was not a great president, but he was a darned good one and, at the head of a functioning US government, accomplished much more than many others who have filled that post." --Douglas Besharov, Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy "If you believe you know the full truth about the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, youll think twice after you read Stu Eizenstats fascinating, richly researched, insider accounts. Eizenstat has filled in a lot of blanks about the administration he loyally served. While he fully acknowledges major mistakes by Carter and his aides (including himself), the author makes a strong case that Carters four years in the Oval Office are due a serious reevaluation, and that Carter achieved far more than he is often credited with in the shorthand style of current history and commentary." -- Larry J. Sabato, professor, founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics "Stuart Eizenstat has written an important book, a richly detailed account of the events and people of Jimmy Carters presidency, which may very well lead to historys reevaluation of the 39th President." -- Stephen H. Hess, Senior Fellow Emeritus, The Brookings Institution "An unflinchingly honest, comprehensive description and analysis of Jimmy Carters presidency. Eizenstats reconstruction of Carters term offers detailed treatment of foreign and domestic policy issues, along with intriguing analysis of the politics of it all. He was a participant observer and activist who knew the players well. History benefits, as will scholars and other readers of this crisply written, carefully researched volume." -- Charles O. Jones, Hawkins Professor Emeritus of Polit Promotional "Headline" The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments - drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes. Description for Library Chief Domestic Policy Adviser for -President Jimmy Carter and sub-sequently U.S. Ambassador to the -European Union and Deputy Secretary of both Treasury and State, Eizenstat draws on more than 7,500 pages of notes (he was known for his diligent note-taking at meetings) and 350 interviews to chronicle the Carter administration. Details ISBN1250104556 Author Stuart E. Eizenstat Short Title PRESIDENT CARTER Language English ISBN-10 1250104556 ISBN-13 9781250104557 Media Book Format Hardcover Residence US Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-04-01 Imprint St Martins Press Subtitle The White House Years Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations Plus three 8-page color photograph inserts DEWEY B UK Release Date 2018-04-24 AU Release Date 2018-05-28 NZ Release Date 2018-05-28 Pages 1024 Publisher St Martins Press Audience General US Release Date 2018-04-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137328885;

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