About the Author

Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth president of the United States. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his work through the Carter Center.

Reviews

Seldom has a presidential memoir been so self-revealing." —Wall Street Journal

"Responsible, truthful, intelligent, earnest, rational, purposeful. Thus the man: thus the book." —The Washington Post

"A wonderfully vivid closeup portrait of Leonid Brezhnev. And Mr. Carter’s detailed report on the Camp David Middle East peace summit is absolutely riveting." —The New York Times