As Lawrence Wright nicely chronicles, Jimmy Carter faced a daunting task at Camp David in 1978. Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar el-Sadat each had much at stake. “Two things about my own life became ...

He was trying to figure out the best historical site to hold a make-or-break Middle East peace summit with Israel’s Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat. To the surprise of many of Carter’s advisers ...

It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Sunlight streamed through the trees at Camp David, Maryland, as Egyptian ...

In this March 26, 1979, file photo, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat (from left), U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasped hands on the north lawn of the White ...