His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

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I would not recommend this biography only because the author is so annoying in constantly bringing up Trump (40 years later? Ike’s agenda wasn’t totally legislative — it was to keep the GOP from oblivion by being elected, first, then keep it from either isolationism by not letting Taft get the nomination, and after being elected, to keep it from domestic nuttery of getting rid of Social Security, etc. The second part of the narrative that is important is how Alter dives into a number of important topics, be it the Camp David Accords, environmental policy, the Panama Canal Treaty, normalization of relations with China, human rights as a major component of foreign policy, or the appointment of Paul Volker to head the Federal Reserve and how it impacted people in the future, mostly in a positive way. I loved that he had such a strong faith, but it wasn't performative Christianity, meant to be admired by onlookers. a truth that didn't always lead him to make the best choices and sometimes left a long line of political enemies in his wake.

When Wayne saw Reagan’s fund-raising letter attacking the treaties, he privately scolded his old friend: “Dear Ronnie,” he wrote. Alter’s account is ably sourced and fluidly written, one of the best in a celebrated genre of presidential biography.Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer and radio host. Carr, Georgia’s districts gave more representative power to conservative rural counties than to liberal urban centers like Atlanta. Locals learned from childhood the subtle gesture later known as "the Georgia wave": flicking the annoying if harmless insects away from their faces or more often ignoring them altogether.

To him, that wasn't tough but, rather, a sign of insecurity, and he viewed the killer instinct that he lacked as a bogus prerequisite for good leadership. Tricky Dick was Watergate-disheveled enough at this time that Kissinger and Haig acted unilaterally. The music that he played in the Oval Office, and in his study just off the Oval Office, was mostly classical. And his deep background and is expert of his ability to detailing and de-tangling complex political events.He believed “war is the greatest violation of human rights” and vowed to continue talking to war criminals because they were the ones with the power to stop people from killing each other. The loam of southwest Georgia was made of dark sand and red clay that spread over his face and his clothes and his house – one day as powder, the next, he said, as pellets the size of grits. He invited more African heads of state to the White House in his first year than any of his predecessors had in four.