The Peace Corps experience : challenge and change, 1969-1976 /
For more than 35 years, the Peace Corps has pursued John F. Kennedy's vision of helping people of the Third World build a better life. Yet with the exception of a few celebrations of its early years, little effort has been made to document that organization's history. Now a former deputy d...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1997]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | For more than 35 years, the Peace Corps has pursued John F. Kennedy's vision of helping people of the Third World build a better life. Yet with the exception of a few celebrations of its early years, little effort has been made to document that organization's history. Now a former deputy director of the Peace Corps offers a first-hand look at life in the agency -- both in the field and at headquarters -- and a radical reinterpretation of its history during the Nixon and Ford administrations. By the end of the 1960s, the Peace Corps was in disarray. Debate raged over its effectiveness, and many. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813156774 0813156777 |