Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: THE PLAYERS 1. High Expectations 2. The Foreign Policy Team 3. The Brzezinski Advantage Part 2: EARLY COMMITMENTS 4. Early Fumbles 5. Recovery 6. Human Rights and the Soviet Target 7. Competition in the Horn of Africa 8. Negotiations with Panama 9. Dealing with Congress 10. SALT and the Senate Part 3: MIDTERM ACHIEVEMENTS 11. The Tilt toward China 12. Building the Security Relationship 13. The Impact of a Motivated Tactician 14. Maestro of the Camp David Talks 15. Support Teams and the Road Ahead Part 4: CRISES AND CONFRONTATIONS 16. Confronting a Regime Change 17. Scrambling for Options 18. The Soviet Brigade "Crisis" 19. Afghanistan: Formulating a Response 20. Exacting a Price Part 5: RENEWAL OF THE COLD WAR 21. MAD and the Pursuit of PD-59 22. Shadowing the Soviets 23. The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend 24. The Death of the Archbishop Part 6: FINALE 25. Operation Eagle Claw 26. The Final Months 27. Jimmy Carter and the American Mission Appendix. American and Foreign Actors: Specific Issues Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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 "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 "An Outsider in the White House is a deeply insightful analysis of U.S. foreign policy during the Carter years. Betty Glad, the dean of Carter studies, brilliantly uses new archival material to shed important new light on everything from Camp David to the Panama Canal to America-China policy and everything-in between. Highly recommended!"-Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America "In a fascinating study of the interaction between Jimmy Carter and his advisors, Betty Glad has enriched our understanding of the the individuals, the processes, and the substance of American foreign policy. Based on archival research and deep knowledge, this book is essential reading for all those interested in the Carter administration."-Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University "An Outsider in the White House contributes significantly to presidential studies, diplomatic history, the study of the dynamics of policymaking, and international relations theory, especially as it bears on realism and idealism in foreign policy. Betty Glad's impressively documented and vividly written book is full of fascinating anecdotes. A compelling read."-Fred I. Greenstein, Princeton University, author of The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W. Bush "Betty Glad provides a sophisticated and nuanced analysis of conflict among Carter's foreign policy advisors and the gradual triumph of Brzezinski and his views regarding the Soviet Union and the Cold War. Glad's comprehensive book provides balanced coverage of the foreign policy highlights of the Carter years."-Robert A. Strong, William Lyne Wilson Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University, author of Working in the World: Jimmy Carter and the Making of American Foreign Policy "Exhaustively researched and persuasively analyzed, Betty Glad's definitive account of how Zbigniew Brzezinski outmaneuvered Cyrus Vance in the battle to influence Jimmy Carter's foreign policy is an astute blend of history and political science. It will command a wide readership."-J. Garry Clifford, University of Connecticut and coauthor of American Foreign Relations: A History, Seventh Edition "An Outsider in the White House is an eminently readable account of Jimmy Carter, his foreign policies, and the political-bureaucratic context in which they were made and implemented. Betty Glad's assessment of the president-and of the ideological and cognitive limitations of his principal advisors-will stand the test of time."-Richard Ned Lebow, James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, and Centennial Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science