When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years
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When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years
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English
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2011
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Boston : Beacon Press,
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9780807050491
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xi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The challenge from JFK -- Sarge's Peace Corps -- The pioneer volunteers and the postcard -- The battle of Britain -- Friday, November 22, 1963 -- U. S. troops invade the Dominican Republic -- Johnny Hood -- The specter of Vietnam -- The wrath of Richard Nixon -- The fall of the Lion of Judah -- The militant Sam Brown -- Mayhem and illness -- The rich lady in her first job for pay -- 200,000 stories -- A new name and a new world -- The expansive mood of the Clinton years -- The quiet Bush years -- Diplomatic troubles -- Obama and the future -- Does the Peace Corps do any good?
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Presents a history of the Peace Corp and exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the struggles volunteers faced abroad.
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