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Bird, Kai.
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Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981.
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Bird, Kai.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981.
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The
outlier
: the
unfinished
presidency
of
Jimmy
Carter
/ Kai Bird.
by
Bird, Kai.
Crown, 2021.
Call #:
973.926 C323b
Subjects
Carter
,
Jimmy
, 1924-
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981.
ISBN:
9780451495235 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 772 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Four decades after Ronald Reagan's landslide win in 1980,
Jimmy
Carter
's one-term
presidency
is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view
Carter
as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the
Carter
political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political adversity. In this deeply researched, brilliantly written account, Kai Bird expertly unfolds the
Carter
saga as a tragic tipping point in American history. As president,
Carter
was not merely an outsider, but an
outlier
. He was the only president in a century to grow up in the heart of the Deep South, and his born-again Christianity made him the most openly religious president in memory. This
outlier
brought to the White House a rare mix of humility, candor-and unnerving self-confidence that neither Washington nor America was ready to embrace. Decades before today's public reckoning with the vast gulf between America'sethos and its actions,
Carter
looked out on a nation torn by race and demoralized by Watergate and Vietnam and prescribed a radical self-examination from which voters recoiled. The cost of his unshakable belief in doing the right thing would be a second term-and the ascendance of Reagan. 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. 'The
Outlier
' is the definitive account of an enigmatic presidency-both as it really happened and as it is remembered in the American consciousness."--From publisher.
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