Bibliography of Jimmy Carter explained

Books about and authored by Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States (1977–1981).

Books and scholarly articles about Carter

Book: Allen . Gary . Gary Allen . Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter . '76 Press . 1976 . 978-0-89245-006-0 . en.
Book: Andrew . Christopher M. . For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush . 1995 . HarperCollinsPublishers . New York . 978-0060921781 . 425–456 . 1st . en.
Book: Alter . Jonathan . Jonathan Alter . His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life . 2020 . Simon & Schuster . New York . en.
Berggren . D. Jason . Rae . Nicol C. . Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush: Faith, Foreign Policy, and an Evangelical Presidential Style . Presidential Studies Quarterly . 2006 . 36 . 4 . 606–632 . 0360-4918 . 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2006.02570.x . en.
Book: Bird. Kai. Kai Bird . The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter . Crown . 2021. 978-0-451-49523-5 . en.
Book: Bourne . Peter G. . Peter Bourne . Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography From Plains to Post-Presidency . 1997 . Scribner . New York . 978-0-684-19543-8 . en.
Brinkley . Douglas . Douglas Brinkley . The Rising Stock of Jimmy Carter: The "Hands on" Legacy of Our Thirty-ninth President . Diplomatic History . 1996 . 20 . 4 . 505–530 . 10.1111/j.1467-7709.1996.tb00285.x . 24913317 . subscription . 0145-2096 . en.
Book: Brinkley . Douglas . The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's journey beyond the White House . 1999 . Penguin Books . 978-0-14-027616-9 . registration . en.
Book: Busch . Andrew E. . Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right . 2005 . University Press of Kansas . en.
Carleton, David, and Michael Stohl. "The foreign policy of human rights: Rhetoric and reality from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan." Human Rights Quarterly 7 (1985): 205–229 online.
Clymer . Kenton . Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and Cambodia . Diplomatic History . 2003 . 27 . 2 . 245–278 . 0145-2096 . 10.1111/1467-7709.00349 . en.
Book: Dumbrell . John . The Carter Presidency: A Re-evaluation . 1995 . 2nd . Manchester University Press . Manchester, UK . 978-0-7190-4693-3 . en.
Book: Eizenstat. Stuart E.. Stuart E. Eizenstat . President Carter: The White House Years. 2018 . Thomas Dunne Books . New York . 978-1-2501-0455-7. (Although Eizenstat was Carter's domestic affairs advisor, this book is a history of the Carter presidency rather than a memoir)
Book: Fink . Gary M. . Hugh Davis . Graham . The Carter Presidency: Policy Choices in the Post-New Deal Era . 1998 . University Press of Kansas . Lawrence . 978-0-7006-0895-9 . en.
Flint . Andrew R. . Joy . Porter . March 2005 . Jimmy Carter: The re-emergence of faith-based politics and the abortion rights issue . Presidential Studies Quarterly . 35 . 1 . 28–51 . 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00234.x . en.
Freedman . Robert . The Religious Right and the Carter Administration . The Historical Journal . 2005 . 48 . 1 . 231–260 . 0018-246X . 10.1017/S0018246X04004285 . 154791980 . en.
Book: Gillon . Steven M. . The Democrats' Dilemma: Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy . 1992 . Columbia University Press . New York . 978-0-231-07630-2 . en.
Glad, Betty. An outsider in the White House: Jimmy Carter, his advisors, and the making of American foreign policy (Cornell University Press, 2009).
Book: Glad . Betty . Jimmy Carter: In Search of the Great White House . 1980 . W. W. Norton . New York . 978-0-393-07527-4 . en.
Book: Godbold . E. Stanly Jr. . Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: The Georgia Years, 1924–1974 . Oxford University Press . 2010 . registration . 978-0-19-977962-8 . en.
Book: Godbold . E. Stanly Jr. . Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Power and Human Rights, 1975-2020 . Oxford University Press . 2022. 978-0-19-758156-8 . en.
Green, Michael J. By more than providence: Grand strategy and American power in the Asia Pacific since 1783 (Columbia UP, 2017) pp 363–386. online
Book: Hahn . Dan F. . The rhetoric of Jimmy Carter, 1976–1980 . Theodore . Windt . Beth . Ingold . Essays in Presidential Rhetoric . 1992 . 3rd . Kendall/Hunt . Dubuque, Iowa . 331–365 . 978-0-8403-7568-1 . en.
Book: Hargrove . Erwin C. . Jimmy Carter as President: Leadership and the Politics of the Public Good . 1988 . Louisiana State University Press . Baton Rouge . 978-0-8071-1499-5 . en.
Book: David Harris (protestor) . Harris . David . The Crisis: the President, the Prophet, and the Shah – 1979 and the Coming of Militant Islam . Little, Brown . 2004 . registration . 978-0-316-32394-9 . en.
Book: Jones . Charles O. . The Trusteeship Presidency: Jimmy Carter and the United States Congress . 1988 . Louisiana State University Press . Baton Rouge . 978-0-8071-1426-1 . registration . en.
Book: Jorden . William J. . Panama Odyssey . 1984 . University of Texas Press . Austin . 978-0-292-76469-9 . registration . en.
Book: Kaufman . Burton I. . Kaufman . Scott . The Presidency of James Earl Carter . 2006 . University Press of Kansas . 2nd . 978-0-7006-1471-4 . en.
Kaufman, Diane, and Scott Kaufman. Historical Dictionary of the Carter Era (Scarecrow, 2013) 301 pp
Book: Keys . Barbara J. . 2014 . Reclaiming American Virtue: The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s . Cambridge, MA . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-72603-1 . en.
Book: Kucharsky . David . The Man From Plains: The Mind and Spirit of Jimmy Carter . 1976 . Harper & Row . New York . 978-0-06-064891-6 . en.
Book: Mattson . Kevin . What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President? . Bloomsbury . 2010 . 978-1-60819-206-9 . en.
Book: Mitchell . Nancy . Jimmy Carter in Africa: Race and the Cold War . 2016 . Stanford University Press . Stanford, California . 978-0804793858.
Morgan . Iwan . Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and the New Democratic Economics . The Historical Journal . 2004 . 47 . 4 . 1015–1039 . 0018-246X . 10.1017/S0018246X0400408X . 159975563 . en.
Book: Jimmy Carter, American Moralist . registration . Kenneth Earl . Morris . University of Georgia Press . 1996 . 978-0820318622 . en.
Poe . Steven C. . Human Rights and Economic Aid Allocation under Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter . American Journal of Political Science . 1992 . 36 . 1 . 147–167 . 10.2307/2111428 . 2111428 . 0092-5853 . en.
Book: Ribuffo . Leo P. . God and Jimmy Carter . M. L. Bradbury and James B. Gilbert . Transforming Faith: The Sacred and Secular in Modern American History . 1989 . Greenwood Press . New York . 141–159 . 978-0-313-25707-0 . https://archive.org/details/transformingfait0000unse/page/141 . en.
Book: Ribuffo . Leo P. . 'Malaise' revisited: Jimmy Carter and the crisis of confidence . John Patrick Diggins . The Liberal Persuasion: Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the Challenge of the American Past . 1997 . Princeton University Press . Princeton . 164–185 . 978-0-691-04829-1 . en.
Book: 978-0-8071-7079-3 . Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign . Roessner . Amber . 2020 . Louisiana State University Press . Baton Rouge, LA . en.
Rosenbaum, Herbert D. and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds. Jimmy Carter: Foreign Policy and Post-Presidential Years (1994) 532pp; essays by experts online, 532pp
Rosenbaum, Herbert D. and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds. The Presidency and Domestic Policies of Jimmy Carter (1994) 876pp; essays by experts online
Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan. Dropping the torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic boycott, and the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Book: Schram . Martin . Running for President, 1976: The Carter Campaign . 1977 . Stein and Day . New York . 978-0-8128-2245-8 . en.
Schmitz . David F. . Walker . Vanessa . Jimmy Carter and the Foreign Policy of Human Rights: the Development of a Post-cold War Foreign Policy . Diplomatic History . 2004 . 28 . 1 . 113–143 . 0145-2096 . 10.1111/j.1467-7709.2004.00400.x . en.
Strong . Robert A. . Fall 1986 . Recapturing leadership: The Carter administration and the crisis of confidence . Presidential Studies Quarterly . 16 . 3 . 636–650 . en.
Book: Strong . Robert A. . Working in the World: Jimmy Carter and the Making of American Foreign Policy . 2000 . Louisiana State University Press . Baton Rouge . 978-0-8071-2445-1 . en.
News: The New York Times . Topics; Thermostatic Legacy . January 1, 1981 . Section 1, Page 18, Column 1 . en.
News: Steve . Vogel . Remembering Failed Iranian Mission . Washington Post . May 4, 2000 . en.
Book: Ward . Jon . Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party . 2019 . Twelve Books . New York . 978-1455591381 . en.
Book: White . Theodore H. . Theodore H. White . America in Search of Itself: The Making of the President, 1956–1980 . 1982 . Harper & Row . New York . 978-0-06-039007-5 . en.
Williams, Daniel K. The Election of the Evangelical: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and the Presidential Contest of 1976 (University Press of Kansas, 2020) online review
Book: Witcover . Jules . Marathon: The Pursuit of the Presidency, 1972–1976 . 1977 . Viking Press . New York . 978-0-670-45461-7 . registration . en.
Book: Zelizer . Julian E. . Julian E. Zelizer . Jimmy Carter . 2010 . Times Books . 978-0-8050-8957-8 . en.

Books by Carter

Book: Carter . Jimmy . Why Not the Best? . Broadman Press . Nashville . 1975 . 978-0-8054-5582-3 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . A Government as Good as Its People . Simon and Schuster . New York . 1977 . 978-0-671-22815-6 . en.
Carter, Jimmy. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977 (1978–1981); annual compilation of all his public documents
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President . registration . Bantam Books . New York . 1982 . 978-0-553-05023-3 . en. ^[1] ^[2]
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility . Mercer University Press . Macon, GA . 1984 . 978-0-86554-137-5 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East . Houghton Mifflin . Chicago . 1985 . 978-1-55728-293-4 . en.
Book: Carter . Rosalynn . Carter . Jimmy . Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life . registration . Random House . New York . 1987 . 978-0-394-55858-5 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age . Three Rivers Press . New York . 1992 . 978-0-8129-2079-6 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections . University of Arkansas Press . Fayetteville . 1994 . 978-1-55728-354-2 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation: Revised Edition . Puffin . London . 1995 . 978-0-14-037440-7 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems . Times Books . New York . 1995 . 978-0-8129-2434-3 . en.
Book: Carter . Amy . Carter . Jimmy . The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer . Times Books . New York . 1995 . 978-0-8129-2731-3 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Living Faith . registration . Times Books . New York . 1996 . 978-0-8129-3034-4 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith . Times Books . New York . 1997 . 978-0-8129-3236-2 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . The Virtues of Aging . Ballantine Pub. Group . New York . 1998 . 978-0-345-42592-8 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood . registration . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2001 . 978-0-7432-1199-4 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Christmas in Plains: Memories . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2001 . 978-0-7432-2715-5 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: Delivered in Oslo on the 10th of December, 2002 . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2002 . 978-0-7432-5068-9 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2003 . 978-0-7432-5542-4 . The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War . en. A historical novel about the American Revolution, and the first work of fiction written by a U.S. President.^[3]
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Sharing Good Times . registration . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2004 . 978-0-7432-7068-7 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2005 . 978-0-7432-8501-8 . Our Endangered Values . en. Won a Grammy Award for best spoken-word album.^[4]
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Faith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World . Duckworth . [London] . 2006 . 978-0-7156-3610-7 . en. UK edition of Our Endangered Values.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2006 . 978-0-7432-8502-5 . Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Leading a Worthy Life: Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bible Study with Jimmy Carter . Simon & Schuster Audio . 2007 . 978-0-7435-6176-1 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Measuring Our Success: Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bible Study with Jimmy Carter . Simon & Schuster Audio . 2007 . 978-0-7435-6726-8 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Beyond the White House . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2007 . 978-1-4165-5880-4 . Beyond the White House . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . A Remarkable Mother . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2008 . 978-1-4165-6245-0 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2009 . 978-1-4391-4063-5 . We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . White House Diary . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . New York . 2010 . 978-0-374-28099-4 . White House Diary . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Halliday . Steve . Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations from the 39th President . Zondervan . Grand Rapids . 2011 . 978-0-310-33048-6 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter . Zondervan . Grand Rapids, Mich . 2012 . 978-0-310-95081-3 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2014 . 978-1-4767-7395-7 . A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2015 . 978-1-5011-1563-9 . A Full Life: Reflections at 90 . en.
Book: Carter . Jimmy . Faith: A Journey for All . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2018 . en.

Reviews

Kantowicz, Edward R. "Reminiscences of a Fated Presidency: Themes from the Carter Memoirs". Presidential Studies Quarterly 15#4 1986, pp. 651–665. .
Lafeber, Walter. "From confusion to Cold War: The memoirs of the Carter administration". Diplomatic History 8.1 (1984): 1–12 .
Thomas, Norman C. "The Carter Administration Memoirs: A Review Essay". Western Political Quarterly 39.2 (1986): 348–360. .

Memoirs by Carter Administration aides and officials

Book: Brzezinski . Zbigniew . Zbigniew Brzezinski . Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977 - 1981 . 1983 . Farrar, Straus, Giroux . New York . 9780374236632.
Book: Califano Jr. . Joseph A. Califano Jr. . Joseph A. . Governing America . 1981. Simon & Schuster . New York . 978-1416552116.
Book: Carter . Rosalynn . Rosalynn Carter . First Lady from Plains . First Lady from Plains . 1984 . Houghton Mifflin . Boston . 978-1557283559.
Book: Jagoda . Barry . Barry Jagoda . Journeys with Jimmy Carter and other Adventures in Media . 2020 . Koehler Books . San Diego . 978-1646630332.
Book: Jordan . Hamilton . Hamilton Jordan . Crisis: The Last Year of the Carter Presidency . 1982 . G.P. Putnam's Sons . New York . 978-0399127380.
Book: Lance . Bert . Bert Lance . Gilbert . Bill . The Truth of the Matter: My Life in and Out of Politics . 1991 . Summit Books . New York . 978-0671690274.
Book: Mondale . Walter F. . Walter Mondale . Hage . David . The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics . 2010 . New York . Scribner . 978-0816691661.
Book: Powell . Jody . Jody Powell . The Other Side of the Story . 1984 . William Morrow & Co . New York . 978-0688036461.
Book: Thompson . Kenneth W. . The Carter Presidency: Fourteen Intimate Perspectives of Jimmy Carter . 1990 . University Press of America . Lanham, Maryland . 978-0819178138.
Book: Turner . Stansfield . Stansfield Turner. Secrecy and Democracy: The CIA in Transition . 1985 . Houghton Mifflin . Boston . 978-0395355732.
Book: Vance . Cyrus R. . Cyrus Vance . Hard Choices: Critical Years in America's Foreign Policy . 1983 . Simon and Schuster . New York . 978-0671443399.

Notes and References

http://www.cartercenter.org/news/experts/jimmy_carter.html "Jimmy Carter – 39th President of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center"
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/07/books/keeping-the-faith.html "Keeping the Faith"
News: The Top 10 Books Written by Our Presidents . 21 February 2017 . . en.
http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx GRAMMY.com