The Personal Beliefs of Jimmy Carter: Winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize

by Jimmy Carter

Book Overview

Former President Jimmy Carter has won the respect and affection of millions for his long and illustrious career as a humanitarian, a peacemaker, and an active promoter of human rights around the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400050383
• ISBN13: 9781400050383
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

You should read it...

The book is very interesting, I think not many people in the world put there faith in to action, thats what the book is about. And I get chance to meet with President Carter personally and he is really very interesting person, read the book and you will know better...

The Personal beliefs of Jimmy carter

I have read most of his books and find them all to be well written and this one is stands up to the test.

He tried

During the Carter Administration, President Carter had to deal with the deaths of his mother, sister, and brother, and that was near the start of his four years of Presidency. Then there was the Hostage Crises in Iran. President Carter had to try anything, and everything to get the hostages. It cost the lives of several soldiers when thier helicopter crashed in the desert. Essentially, President Carter got a raw deal. He was not reckognized by those who came home from Iran, or anybody else in the United States, as the saviour. President Reagan got that glory. And, at president Reagan's Inaugural Ball/Dinner, he did not even mention President Carter. This may sound like a put down of both administrations, but it is not. Both men had their faults, as does today's President Bush. I have the ultimate respect for President Carter. For somebody who will be 80 October 1, it does not surprise me that he is still constructing houses, taking care of the other persons, etc.

Personal Beliefs of an An Honest President And Peanut Farmer

Nobel Peace Prize winner and humanitarian President Carter explains how certain events have influenced his life in this excellent autobiography. Although the book contains the words of a man that is not afraid to speak the truth, he does not go into details of the failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran. He micromanaged the rescue team from the White House, instead of empowering his men in the field to make any decisions. Unlike other presidents, he has not been bought off by corporate America.