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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...
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1997]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Peace Corps Experience : |b Challenge and Change, 1969-1976 / |c P. David Searles. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The End of the Beginning; 2 The Call of Service; 3 To Hurl a Brick or Kiss His Hand; 4 New Directions in the Philippines; 5 When Cultures Collide; 6 The Challenges of Everyday Life; 7 New Directions at Work; 8 Life along the Potomac; 9 Twenty Years Later; 10 Making a Difference; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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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