All You Need Is Love / / Elizabeth COBBS HOFFMAN.
Traversing four decades and three continents, this story of the Peace Corps and the people and politics behind it is a fascinating look at American idealism at work amid the hard political realities of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©1998 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Love and Youth in a Brave New World -- 2 Shriver Hits the Ground Running -- 3 Peace Corps Cousins -- 4 The Cold War versus Decolonization -- 5 The Hero's Adventure -- 6 Ghana -- 7 Slippery Slopes -- 8 Under Attack -- 9 The Peace Corps Dilemma -- 10 Balancing Ideals and Self-Interest -- Appendix: Peace Corps Data -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | Traversing four decades and three continents, this story of the Peace Corps and the people and politics behind it is a fascinating look at American idealism at work amid the hard political realities of the second half of the twentieth century. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674029606 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674029606 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Elizabeth COBBS HOFFMAN. |