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BL
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584187
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b413406
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| Main Entry
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Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth.
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| Title & Author
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All you need is love : : the Peace Corps and the spirit of the 1960s /\ Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 1998.
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viii, 306 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0674016351 (alk. paper)
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: 9780674016354 (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-296) and index.
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| Contents
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Love and youth in a brave new world -- Shriver hits the ground running -- Peace Corps cousins -- The Cold War versus decolonization -- The hero's adventure -- Ghana -- Slippery slopes -- Under attack -- The Peace Corps dilemma -- Balancing ideals and self-interest.
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| Abstract
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"The Peace Corps, conceived in the can-do spirit of the sixties, embodied America's long pursuit of moral leadership on a global scale. 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. With vivid stories from returned volunteers of exotic places and daunting circumstances, this is an engrossing account of the successes and failures of this unique governmental organization, and of the geopolitics and personal convictions that underpin it. In the end, the question that is most compelling is whether the Peace Corps most helped the countries that received its volunteers, or whether its greater service was to America and its sense of national identity and mission."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Subject
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Peace Corps (U.S.)-- History.
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| LC Classification
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HC60.5.C626 1998
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| Added Entry
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Gift in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps (Library of Congress)
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