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Brinkley said Carter told him, referring to the civil rights injustices that occurred in the southern United States in the 1960s, that "the intifada exposed the injustice Palestinians suffered, just like Bull Connor's mad dogs in Birmingham."

Brinkley also said he was given access to Carter's papers in researching the book.

A spokeswoman for Carter said a newspaper report published from page proofs of the book "grossly overstated" the relationship between the two men.

The book is scheduled to be published in May by Viking.