Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope - Couverture rigide

Carter, Jimmy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1416558802 ISBN 13 : 9781416558804

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

This is the story of President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in his nation's history. Through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he has fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the world.

Serving in more than seventy nations, Carter has led peacekeeping efforts for Ethiopa, North Korea, Haiti, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Uganda, and Sudan and has monitored more than sixty-five elections in troubled nations, from Palestine to Indonesia.

Carter's bold initiatives, undertaken with dedicated colleagues, have eliminated, prevented, or cured an array of diseases that afflict tens of millions of people unnecessarily. The Carter Center has taught millions of African families how to increase the production of food grains, and Rosalynn Carter has led a vigorous war against the stigma of mental illness around the world.
Praise for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
'Controversial and incendiary' Observer
'The former President's ideas are expressed with perfect clarity . . . His outlook on the problem not only contributes to the literature of debate surrounding it but also, just as importantly, delivers a worthy game plan for clearing up the dilemma' Booklist
978-1-84739-210-7
Pocket Books
Autobiography
£8.99

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In summer 2007 former president Jimmy Carter caused uproar when he described George W. Bush's foreign policy as the worst in history. Not because people disagreed, but because it was unheard-of for former presidents to attack incumbents. But Carter is no ordinary former president.
Now eighty-two years old, and nearly thirty years after he left office, Carter has experienced arguably the fullest and most effective post-presidential career in history, including winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. After a period in office that even supporters acknowledge was not wholly successful, his drive, philanthropy and honesty have ensured that his overall reputation as a statesman and man of peace is assured.
Now, in this enthralling and inspiring memoir of the post-White House years, Carter reveals the challenges, rewards and excitements of refusing to ease himself into comfortable retirement.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416558802
• ISBN 13: 9781416558804
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272