The late Betty Glad asOlin D. Johnston Professor of Political Science Emerita at the University of South Carolina and author of Jimmy Carter: In Search of the Great White House; Charles Evans Hughes and the Illusions of Innocence; and Key Pittman: The Tragedy of a Senate Insider. As editor or coeditor, her books include of The Psychological Dimensions of War and The Russian Transformation.

Betty 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.(Political Science Quarterly) This 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.(American Spectator)

• IntroductionPart 1: THE PLAYERS1. High Expectations2. The Foreign Policy Team 3. The Brzezinski AdvantagePart 2: EARLY COMMITMENTS4. Early Fumbles5. Recovery6. Human Rights and the Soviet Target7. Competition in the Horn of Africa8. Negotiations with Panama9. Dealing with Congress10. SALT and the SenatePart 3: MIDTERM ACHIEVEMENTS11. The Tilt toward China12. Building the Security Relationship13. The Impact of a Motivated Tactician14. Maestro of the Camp David Talks15. Support Teams and the Road AheadPart 4: CRISES AND CONFRONTATIONS16. Confronting a Regime Change17. Scrambling for Options18. The Soviet Brigade "Crisis"19. Afghanistan: Formulating a Response20. Exacting a PricePart 5: RENEWAL OF THE COLD WAR21. MAD and the Pursuit of PD-5922. Shadowing the Soviets23. The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend24. The Death of the ArchbishopPart 6: FINALE25. Operation Eagle Claw26. The Final Months27. Jimmy Carter and the American MissionAppendix. American and Foreign Actors: Specific IssuesNotesBibliographyIndex

The late Betty Glad asOlin D. Johnston Professor of Political Science Emerita at the University of South Carolina and author of Jimmy Carter: In Search of the Great White House; Charles Evans Hughes and the Illusions of Innocence; and Key Pittman: The Tragedy of a Senate Insider. As editor or coeditor, her books include of The Psychological Dimensions of War and The Russian Transformation.

Betty 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.(Political Science Quarterly) This 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.(American Spectator)

• IntroductionPart 1: THE PLAYERS1. High Expectations2. The Foreign Policy Team 3. The Brzezinski AdvantagePart 2: EARLY COMMITMENTS4. Early Fumbles5. Recovery6. Human Rights and the Soviet Target7. Competition in the Horn of Africa8. Negotiations with Panama9. Dealing with Congress10. SALT and the SenatePart 3: MIDTERM ACHIEVEMENTS11. The Tilt toward China12. Building the Security Relationship13. The Impact of a Motivated Tactician14. Maestro of the Camp David Talks15. Support Teams and the Road AheadPart 4: CRISES AND CONFRONTATIONS16. Confronting a Regime Change17. Scrambling for Options18. The Soviet Brigade "Crisis"19. Afghanistan: Formulating a Response20. Exacting a PricePart 5: RENEWAL OF THE COLD WAR21. MAD and the Pursuit of PD-5922. Shadowing the Soviets23. The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend24. The Death of the ArchbishopPart 6: FINALE25. Operation Eagle Claw26. The Final Months27. Jimmy Carter and the American MissionAppendix. American and Foreign Actors: Specific IssuesNotesBibliographyIndex

The late Betty Glad asOlin D. Johnston Professor of Political Science Emerita at the University of South Carolina and author of Jimmy Carter: In Search of the Great White House; Charles Evans Hughes and the Illusions of Innocence; and Key Pittman: The Tragedy of a Senate Insider. As editor or coeditor, her books include of The Psychological Dimensions of War and The Russian Transformation.

Betty 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.(Political Science Quarterly) This 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.(American Spectator)

• IntroductionPart 1: THE PLAYERS1. High Expectations2. The Foreign Policy Team 3. The Brzezinski AdvantagePart 2: EARLY COMMITMENTS4. Early Fumbles5. Recovery6. Human Rights and the Soviet Target7. Competition in the Horn of Africa8. Negotiations with Panama9. Dealing with Congress10. SALT and the SenatePart 3: MIDTERM ACHIEVEMENTS11. The Tilt toward China12. Building the Security Relationship13. The Impact of a Motivated Tactician14. Maestro of the Camp David Talks15. Support Teams and the Road AheadPart 4: CRISES AND CONFRONTATIONS16. Confronting a Regime Change17. Scrambling for Options18. The Soviet Brigade "Crisis"19. Afghanistan: Formulating a Response20. Exacting a PricePart 5: RENEWAL OF THE COLD WAR21. MAD and the Pursuit of PD-5922. Shadowing the Soviets23. The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend24. The Death of the ArchbishopPart 6: FINALE25. Operation Eagle Claw26. The Final Months27. Jimmy Carter and the American MissionAppendix. American and Foreign Actors: Specific IssuesNotesBibliographyIndex