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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Meisler, Stanley.     Subjects     Peace Corps (U.S.)     Economic assistance, American -- Developing countries.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Meisler, Stanley.       by title:      When the world calls...         MARC Display

When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years / Stanley Meisler. by Meisler, Stanley. Boston : Beacon Press, c2011. Subjects Peace Corps (U.S.)   Economic assistance, American -- Developing countries.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries. ISBN:  9780807050491 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0807050490 (hbk. : alk. paper) Description:  xi, 272 p. ; 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? Requests:  0 Summary:  Presents a history of the Peace Corp and exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the struggles volunteers faced abroad.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 361.6 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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