Jimmy Carter’s Diary
“The ex-president gives a sense of day-to-day life in the Oval Office—and plays the blame game.” The L.A. Times reviews the diaries Carter wrote during his presidency.
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“Viewed through one prism, Carter’s presidential record involved remarkable achievements—creation of the departments of energy and education, the Camp David Accords, settlement of the Panama Canal issue, regulatory overhaul and a record of legislative success surpassed only by Lyndon Johnson in the post-war era. Still, his administration ended in failure. In the afterward, Carter explores some of what he believes are the reasons for that and offers President Barack Obama some cautionary advice on pushing too ambitious an agenda, asking Congress to take too many politically costly votes and getting too far out in front of the electorate.”
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