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Victor Lasky’s latest book, Jimmy Carter: The Man and the Myth (Marek, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016; $12.50), might well have been subtitled, It Didn’t Stop with Watergate (he has, in fact, a chapter heading to that effect).

With his usual diligence, Lasky has ransacked the Carter record from stem to stern, beginning with the President’s initial forays into the worlds of Georgia business and politics, and carrying through contests for governor, service in the statehouse, the race for President, and conduct in the Oval Office. The net conclusions are that Mr. Carter, politically speaking, doesn’t stand for much of anything, will instantly reverse himself on major issues if such behavior is convenient, and in other respects deploys a public image directly counter to the facts of his career.

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Victor Lasky’s latest book, Jimmy Carter: The Man and the Myth (Marek, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016; $12.50), might well have been subtitled, It Didn’t Stop with Watergate (he has, in fact, a chapter heading to that effect).

With his usual diligence, Lasky has ransacked the Carter record from stem to stern, beginning with the President’s initial forays into the worlds of Georgia business and politics, and carrying through contests for governor, service in the statehouse, the race for President, and conduct in the Oval Office. The net conclusions are that Mr. Carter, politically speaking, doesn’t stand for much of anything, will instantly reverse himself on major issues if such behavior is convenient, and in other respects deploys a public image directly counter to the facts of his career.