His Very Best (1924-2024) - OLD GOATS with Jonathan Alter
Dec 29, 2024 · Thirty-five years later, I found myself drawn back to a perplexing leader and to his virtuoso achievement— the 1978 Camp David Accords, which brought peace to Israel and Egypt after 2000 years of enmity and became the most durable major treaty of the postwar era.
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Mar 16, 2021 · Having previously written about FDR and Barack Obama, Alter was inspired to look more closely at Carter after hearing the 39th president speak in 2015 at a book club event. There, Carter spoke fervently about the Camp David …
Jimmy Carter Obituary: Former U.S. President Dies At 100
Dec 29, 2024 · Over nearly two weeks, Carter helped negotiate the Camp David Accords peace agreements between Israel and Egypt.
This act of kindness from Jimmy Carter helped stop Israel and …
Jan 9, 2025 · By Jonathan Alter, author of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” As the nation and much of the world mourns the death of President Jimmy Carter, the historic Camp David Accords he...
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Carter revolutionized both the office of vice president and the role of the first lady. Carter is an outspoken supporter of the Palestinian cause, but the Camp David Accords he engineered made him the best president for the security of the State of Israel since Harry Truman.
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Four decades on, the 1978 Camp David Accords survive as a world-historic achievement—the most successful peace treaty since the end of the Second World War. On at least three occasions, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat or Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin packed their bags to leave Camp David and wreck the summit.
Reassessing the Carter Administration 40 Years Later
Jan 14, 2021 · Alter brings new information to the story from the private diary the first lady kept at Camp David. The treaty has prevented a full-scale Arab-Israel war for four decades now and effectively eliminated the existential threat to the survival of Israel.
Thinking Straight About the Israel-Hamas War - Substack
Nov 2, 2023 · On several occasions, Carter told me that his greatest regret about losing to Ronald Reagan in 1980 was that he lost his chance to complete the Camp David Accords — which forged not just peace between Israel and Egypt but a process to establish a Palestinian state.
Jimmy Carter’s presidency is ripe for a major reappraisal
Dec 30, 2024 · Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meeting for the first time at Camp David on Sept. 6, 1978. (AP) Jonathan Alter is an MSNBC...
HIS VERY BEST: JIMMY CARTER, A LIFE by Jonathan Alter
Feb 17, 2021 · In Jonathan Alter’s new book, HIS VERY BEST: JIMMY CARTER, A LIFE, the first full length biography of Carter the author attempts to answer those questions and analyze his role in American and because of his post-presidency world history. Alter …
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