About this title: President Jimmy Carter has had one of the most admired and productive post-presidencies in our nation's history. In "Beyond the White House," he recounts how and why he spent the last 25 years in the service of humanity, and in the process won a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 10/2007
ISBN-13:9781416558804ISBN:1416558802
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416558804ISBN:1416558802
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416558804ISBN:1416558802
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"The initial chapters about waging peace around the world were a little hard to follow, but the section about fighting disease in Africa was truly fascinating. The Carter Center deserves a medal just for wiping out Guinea worm. Seriously, have you seen what this parasite does?!"
"Jimmy Carter is one of the very few mainstream leaders I truly admire and this book articulates why. His vision, humility, and dedication really inspire me."
"This is one of the most important books written in the last ten years, and should serve the American voter, student, professor - and leader of any level - for a long time to come.
Jimmy Carter has done more in each year of his post-presidency than most presidents do in a full four-year term (the jury's still out on Obama). The issues and issues are simple but profound - ensure free and fair elections in HUNDREDS of countries, fight diseases that save TENS of MILLIONS of lives mainly in lower-income countries, and broker peace between warring leaders or leaders and their populace. Carter urged Daniel Ortega - a leftist - to step down from power after he lost a monitored election in Nicaragua, and ensured Hugo Chavez - another leftist - stayed in power after a free and fair recall election in Venezuela. Among many other things, Carter has built homes for Habitat for Humanity, has kept up a work-out routine to stay healthy (a good example for others), and has encouraged senior citizens to make their remaining years productive and positive. Think of what American presidents and other leaders could do with even a fraction of Carter's efforts and ideas.
Part of how Carter operates, in addition to being issues-based instead of partisan, is to let leaders of other countries take credit for any instances of progress in peace or prosperity (instead of the Carter Center) and to get at least tacit support from Washington before any major foreign policy initiatives.
The audio book is read by President Carter in a confident, urgent tone. It is abridged, so maybe in the full version Carter examines his deeper personal motivations for spreading peace and prosperity throughout the world, or shows more about how the rest of us can make a positive difference in our increasingly inter-connected international environment.
Still, this is a book that Americans should and will come back to often.
At the end, when Carter mentions stepping down slowly from his wide-ranging activities, he comments clearly about how the Carter Center will continue to run efficiently and how it will boldly continue to keep taking on intransigent and broad-based challenges.
All I can say is Thank God Carter is an American president who has done so much good throughout the world. Whatever the media reports, the millions of people Carter has helped won't forget. And neither should we.
May this book be a stepping stone for even greater endeavors."
"Although Carter's style is a bit dry (and I have to confess I didn't closely read the chapters on topics/geographic areas I wasn't interested in), overall this book is a fascinating account of he and wife Rosalynn's years after they left the White House. I have always admired Carter's commitment to democracy and human rights abroad and I'm sorry it didn't occur to me to read his memoirs of peacekeeping and electoral observation for any of my college papers about these topics. I even felt like a student when I noted the book has both "case study" and "theoretical discussion" chapters.
We forget that Carter was the first president (and arguably, the only until recently) to make human rights the cornerstone of our foreign policy. What he neglected to accomplish as president he certainly made up for with the foundation of the Carter Center, not unlike Al Gore's environmental work after his departure from public office. Overall, I would definitely recommend and think I might like to read another book either about the Carter Center about Carter's life (but probably in someone else's voice)."
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