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When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years
- Title
- When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years / Stanley Meisler.
- Author
- Meisler, Stanley.
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 272 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-252) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-2044
- ISBN
- 9780807050491
- 0807050490
- LCCN
- 2010033723
- OCLC
- 2010033723
- Author
- Meisler, Stanley.
- Title
- When the world calls : the inside story of the Peace Corps and its first fifty years / Stanley Meisler.
- Imprint
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-252) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-2044