![]() ![]() ![]() His account of the "national malaise" episode reveals a technocrat groping awkwardly toward a political vision. By contrast, he comes off as the principled, rational, speed-reading master of policy detail, with a cogent-to him-agenda of human rights, internationalism, and disarmament in foreign policy, and fiscal restraint, deregulation, and energy conservation at home. Carter vents against everyone, from Congress ("disorganized juvenile delinquents"), to the press ("completely irresponsible and unnecessarily abusive") and the incoming Reaganauts ("group of jerks"). ![]() The snarl behind the toothy grin emerges in these acerbic entries culled from the 39th president's personal diary. ![]()
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