This book is not "Newly Published". HOWEVER - With The PRESENT World Situation, may we "Consider" the thoughts of "This Good Christian Man". No one can think "This Author" is DEVOID of background knowledge. A book for every home library, everyone tired of WARS and ENDLESS KILLING.
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Never has there been a book that will more accuratley solidfy and represent a presidency as well as his legacy than Jimmy Carter's latest book does. A man of great integrity and honest appeal to all that is good in mankind he presents a most blunt, accurate, truthful, and un-biased assesment of why there continues to be unrest in the volitale region that is the Holy land. No other U.S. representative of any level or stature has had more experience and an intimate understanding of the problems of this land than Mr. Carter does. He like I have frequented the Israeli/Palestinan territories enough times to understand that there is only one true instigator in this whole conundrom that we call the Holy Land, and that instigator unfortunatly is the Israeli government but more accuratle the hawkish/extremist element-members of it. What is more unfortunate is that we the United States have been the green-light behnind this oppressing government for too long and with sadness too late. What started out as American aide to an ally under attack and in fear of their nationhood has turned into a severe and perverted ideaolgy that always thinks its under attack and thus allows for the pre-emptiveness in its actions to occur. THIS is the cycle of violence that has been going on for years and of late during the recent years. Jimmy Carter has understood this point for a long time and the recent global anti-americansim sentiment that has spread like a wild-fire due to our forgien policy in this area as well as in the region has obviously compelled a former and presently great individual to speak up and tell the truth so that Average America can understand why we are disliked. Nothing proves the legitmacy and worthiness of this book than by simply looking at the recent counter-attack which has come from a few measured sources of power. Those people understand that if word was to get out of the honest truth as to why the Palestinains keep fighting the way they do, then surely it will begin the decline of our relationship with Israel and the extended strings attached that come with it. It is people of this corrupt ideal that Jimmy Carter is out to do battle with , and no one is more qualified for the job than he his. This book is written for all of America and all those of deep faith with non-skewed values on what our exsistence as humanbeings is all about. more importantly it is for the youth of American and furthemore of the world for they will be the ones whom will have to deal with the consequences of our actions in that region. As Mr. Carter's dedication states, "this is for my first born great-grandson, with the hopes that it may guide you and others alike to a more peacful and free Palestine". History will most surely prove Jimmy Carter's legacy as the best since Abraham Lincoln, for they are the men that we seek & strive to define ourselves after. Men of honest integrity, hard workmanship, and nothing but honest peace in mind for all of God's children. THIS IS A MUST READ IN ANY CRASH COURSE ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND HER PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOLY-LAND!!!Read full review
This book is very controversial in the press, but in reading it I find it to be a clear, neutral and fair evaluation of the problems existing in the middle East for the last 45 years. Jimmy Carter has been called anti Semitic in response to this book, which is unconscionable to me. Anyone who has followed his career would know he is a man of high morals with a passion for human rights of ALL people and this book just continues to pursue this purpose. He has been highly involved with all players in the middle East and has lays out the history of what has happened, the attitudes and opinions of all the involved countries and leaders and parameters of the various accords that have been put in place, who kept them, who broke them, what has resulted, etc. This is a topic of vital importance to the world and he is one of the most knowledgable and articulate authors documenting the course of events. You may not agree with everything he says, but it is mindboggling just to review the events and changes and TRY to understand everyone's point of view. I bought it because I admire Mr. Carter's efforts for world peace, his commitment to human rights and his ethics AND I wanted to try to understand this strange and desparate situation that continues over five decades. Blessed are the peacemakers, and Jimmy Carter is right up there on that list!Read full review
First of all, I was able to find it on eBay for a much lower price than had I purchased it somewhere else.
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President Carter was a poor president. Since he left office, however, he became a lot wiser! I bought the book because I wanted to know how he would now (in 2006) deal with the Israeli/Palestinian problem. Critique for his book comes from all kinds of Jewish sources, but if one reads this book carefully and knows a bit the history of Israel since the Truman days, one understands that Israel has been and will be in the future a great problem for the US. This is not only caused by Israel's bad policy towards the Palestinians but also by the misguided policy of the US towards the Palestinians. The future - in years or even in decades - will tell whether or not Carter was right what he wrote in this book.
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