Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to PostPresidency

New York, NY: Scribner [A lisa Drew Book], 1997. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [6], 553, [1] p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. From Wikipedia: "Peter G. Bourne (born 1939 in Oxford, England) is a physician, biographer, author and international civil servant. He entered the military service, as a Captain in the United States Army. He was assigned to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), where he studied the psychological and physiological effects of stress on basic trainees. Bourne was personally close to Carter and was influential in convincing him to run for the Presidency] He would later become a key strategist and deputy campaign campaign director for Carter running the Washington office for the successful 1976 presidential campaign. Bourne was made the White House Coordinator for International Human Needs. In 1979, Bourne became an Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations, where he established and ran the "International Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade, " a 10-year program that would provide clean drinking water to more than 500 million people worldwide. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed on fep. Slight weakness in hinges noted.

Keywords: African-Americans, Brzezinski, Pat Caddell, Lillian Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Civil Rights, Stuart Eizenstat, Hamilton Jordan, Human Rights, Walter Mondale, Nuclear Weapons

ISBN: 9780684195438

[Book #70742]

Price: $85.00