Descript |
xxi, 999 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm |
Content |
text txt |
|
still image sti |
Media |
unmediated n |
Carrier |
volume nc |
Edition |
First edition. |
Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Into the White House. The 1976 campaign ; A perilous transition ; The making of the modern Vice President ; A new kind of First Lady ; The indispensable man -- Part II. Energy. The moral equivalent of war ; Energizing Congress ; The Senate graveyard ; Energy and the dollar at the Bonn summit ; Into the pork barrel, reluctantly -- Part III. The environment. An early interest ; The water wars ; Alaska forever wild, despite its senators -- Part IV. The economy. The great stagflation ; The consumer populist ; Saving New York and Chrysler -- Part V. Peace in the Middle East. The clash of peace and politics ; Sadat changes history ; Carter's triumph at Camp David ; A cold peace -- Part VI. Peace in the rest of the world. The Panama Canal and Latin America ; The Soviet Union ; Afghanistan -- Part VII. The unraveling : resignations and reshuffling. The "malaise" speech ; Resignations and reshuffling -- Part VIII. Iran. The rise of the Ayatollah ; The fall of the president -- Part IX. A catastrophic conclusion. "Where's the Carter bill, when we need it?" ; No good deed goes unpunished ; Are you better off...? ; Final days. |
ISBN |
9781250104557 (hbk.) |
|
1250104556 (hbk.) |
|