{"product_id":"an-outsider-in-the-white-house-jimmy-carter-his-advisors-and-the-making-of-american-foreign-policy-hardback-9780801448157","title":"An Outsider in the White House; Jimmy Carter, His Advisors, and the Making of American Foreign Policy (Hardback) 9780801448157","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Outsider in the White House\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJimmy Carter, His Advisors, and the Making of American Foreign Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBetty Glad (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801448157\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e414 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetty Glad has written a thoroughly researched and richly detailed account of the Carter White House foreign policymaking process. Although there are many worthy previous scholarly works on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy and White House decision-making process, Glad's book brings new insights that she developed from years of careful examination of original documents, personal interviews, and correspondence with key players, among many other valuable sources. Her book is a model of solid academic research and analysis that will stand for years as the definitive work on this topic.\u003c\/p\u003e (Political Science Quarterly) \u003cp\u003eThis is a whale of a book by a fine writer with an eye for social and psychological detail and an encyclopedia knowledge of everything that was thought and said and written by everyone involved in foreign policy formulation during every hour of the Carter administration.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Spectator)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy Carter entered the White House with a desire for a collegial staff that would aid his foreign-policy decision making. He wound up with a \"team of rivals\" who contended for influence and who fought over his every move regarding relations with the USSR, the Peoples' Republic of China, arms control, and other crucial foreign-policy issues.In two areas—the Camp David Accords and the return of the Canal to Panama—Carter's successes were attributable to his particular political skills and the assistance of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other professional diplomats. The ultimate victor in the other battles was Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a motivated tactician. Carter, the outsider who had sought to change the political culture of the executive office, found himself dependent on the very insiders of the political and diplomatic establishment against whom he had campaigned.Based on recently declassified documents in the Carter Library, materials not previously noted in the Vance papers, and a wide variety of interviews, Betty Glad's \u003ci\u003eAn Outsider in the White House\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and nuanced depiction of the relationship between policy and character. It is also a poignant history of damaged ideals. Carter's absolute commitment to human rights foundered on what were seen as national security interests.New data from the archives reveal how Carter's government sought the aid of Pope John Paul II to undercut the human-rights efforts of the El Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. A moralistic approach toward the Soviet Union undermined Carter's early desire to reduce East-West conflicts and cut nuclear arms. As a result, by 1980 the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) was in limbo, and a nuclear counterforce doctrine had been adopted. Near the end of Carter's single term in office Vance stepped down as secretary of state, in part because Brzezinski's \"muscular diplomacy\" had come to dominate Carter's foreign policy. When Vance's successor, Edmund Muskie, took over, the State Department was reduced to implementing policies made by Brzezinski and his allies. For Carter, the rivalry for influence in the White House was concluded and the results, as Glad shows, were a mixed record and an uncertain presidential legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cb\u003ePart 1: THE PLAYERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. High Expectations\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Foreign Policy Team \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Brzezinski Advantage\u003cb\u003ePart 2: EARLY COMMITMENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Early Fumbles\u003cbr\u003e 5. Recovery\u003cbr\u003e 6. Human Rights and the Soviet Target\u003cbr\u003e 7. Competition in the Horn of Africa\u003cbr\u003e 8. Negotiations with Panama\u003cbr\u003e 9. Dealing with Congress\u003cbr\u003e 10. SALT and the Senate\u003cb\u003ePart 3: MIDTERM ACHIEVEMENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Tilt toward China\u003cbr\u003e 12. Building the Security Relationship\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Impact of a Motivated Tactician\u003cbr\u003e 14. Maestro of the Camp David Talks\u003cbr\u003e 15. Support Teams and the Road Ahead\u003cb\u003ePart 4: CRISES AND CONFRONTATIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. Confronting a Regime Change\u003cbr\u003e 17. Scrambling for Options\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Soviet Brigade \"Crisis\"\u003cbr\u003e 19. Afghanistan: Formulating a Response\u003cbr\u003e 20. Exacting a Price\u003cb\u003ePart 5: RENEWAL OF THE COLD WAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 21. MAD and the Pursuit of PD-59\u003cbr\u003e 22. Shadowing the Soviets\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Death of the Archbishop\u003cb\u003ePart 6: FINALE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 25. Operation Eagle Claw\u003cbr\u003e 26. The Final Months\u003cbr\u003e 27. Jimmy Carter and the American Mission\u003ci\u003eAppendix. American and Foreign Actors: Specific Issues\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541626614040,"sku":"9780801448157","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-outsider-in-the-white-house-jimmy-carter-his-advisors-and-the-making-of-american-foreign-policy-hardback-9780801448157","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}