The author's heart is in the right place, it is that this book doesn't stick so well

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	• The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators and ... Steven F. Hayward Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 108 reviews view larger image
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The author's heart is in the right place, it is that this book doesn't stick so well

I hate Jimmy Carter. I despise him for helping the Iranian Mullahs overthrow the western government of the Shah in 1979. I want President Carter to be tried in a fair court for his crimes against humanity. For his ties with bad people and awful things he has done since 1978. BUT I've to say this book is not factual, at least when it comes to Iran. Names are pronounced/written mistakenly. Dates and locations of events are wrong and there were errors I couldn't ignore so I decided to write this review. I am pretty sure the author's heart is in the right place and like him and other sane Conservatives, I don't like Carter and likes of him in the DemoNRatic party. This book is not what I really imagined it to be. I wish I could only give it 2.5 stars out of 5 but what the heck, there is no option like that. So I give it 3 stars.

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well referenced and revealing

This is one of the most interesting books I have read on Jimmy Carter. This book goes beyond the actions he took in foreign policy which cost United State loosing ground in the Middle East.

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The Real Jimmy Carter

Whenever I read a conservative book, I like to put on my liberal hat (yes, I do have one) and see how well the author can convince me. So the question for Steven F Hayward in The Real Jimmy Carter was: could he convince me, a diehard hemophiliac liberal Jimmy Carter lover that the object of my admiration is detrimental to my country?

The answer, sadly, was not really. While Hayward's book is easy to read, not terribly long, and a well-done work, he offers little of which my liberal hat wouldn't already be aware. I already knew that Carter wasn't a great president, but that he tried really hard (and as a liberal, that's what matters to me). The fact that Carter's good friends with Yasser Arafat is perfectly fine in my book. When Hayward criticizes Carter's criticizing the Bush administration, I see that as Carter just doing his job. Hayward said almost nothing to dissuade me from my adoration of St. Jimmy.

However, when I took off my liberal hat and put on my conservative one, Hayward did a great job. Despite his inability to persuade my inner liberal, he really does marshal good evidence and arguments in his defense (and that shouldn't count against him; what do such things matter to a liberal?). He cites unflattering characterizations of Carter by his White House and campaign staffers, plus contemporary news accounts of Carter's meddling with current affairs, both of which are excellent insights into Carter. These debunk the perception of Carter as a righteous saint and show him instead to be a self-righteous loser.

So on the conservative end of things, Hayward hits a home run. On the liberal end, he walks to first. Still, The Real Jimmy Carter isn't a bad read, if you're already convinced that Carter was an awful president and are just looking for some affirmation. Or if your history prof happens to assign it.

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This book reveals a man who has been given a dangerously free pass by historians, but who in reality is not only a failed ex-president, but as vindictive as he is egotitical, and a self-righteous busybody who leaves diaster in his wake.