Experimental Blog #42

Comments on "Jimmy Carter" by Julian E. Zelizer

This book is a brief, but concise, account of the life and political career of Jimmy Carter, who rose quickly to the American presidency to some extent because of the disillusionment of American voters with the Washington establishment and political system. However, in spite of very high public support and expectations and initial public relations successes, it seems that the Carter administration was overwhelmed by an exceptional number of domestic and foreign problems and crises, few of which it dealt with very successfully in the last 2 years of President Carter's one term.
At 56 years of age, Jimmy Carter became one of the youngest of American ex-presidents. In the 30 years since that time he has participated very productively and helpfully, although sometimes controversially, in solving many of the world's problems and events.
It is especially stimulating to read about those times and events of the Carter presidency and to think about them again.