Transplanting the Great Society: Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace"Uses recently declassified sources to trace the successes and limitations of the Johnson administration's efforts to use food aid as a diplomatic tool during the Cold War, both to gain support for U.S. policies and to reward or punish allies such as Israel, India, and South Vietnam"--Provided by publisher. |
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... George McGovern, John F. Kennedy's first Food for Peace director, many nations perceived PL-480 “as simply an American dumping operation to get rid of costly surplus.”31 Other countries objected to the perceived trade advantage that the ...
... George McGovern, John F. Kennedy's first Food for Peace director, many nations perceived PL-480 “as simply an American dumping operation to get rid of costly surplus.”31 Other countries objected to the perceived trade advantage that the ...
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... McGovern, who had lost his bid for an open South Dakota Senate seat, as director and tasked him with orienting the ... George McGovern”). See also Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, 170, 604–5 ...
... McGovern, who had lost his bid for an open South Dakota Senate seat, as director and tasked him with orienting the ... George McGovern”). See also Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, 170, 604–5 ...
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... George McGovern — Director , Food for Peace , ” Humphrey Papers , Senatorial Files , Box 430 , Legislative Files , 1947–1964 , Food for Peace , MHS . The department also highlighted the impending food crisis with the publication “ The ...
... George McGovern — Director , Food for Peace , ” Humphrey Papers , Senatorial Files , Box 430 , Legislative Files , 1947–1964 , Food for Peace , MHS . The department also highlighted the impending food crisis with the publication “ The ...
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... George McGovern's efforts to transform it into a perma- nent program. In characterizing PL-480 as Food for Peace, Eisenhower and Ezra Taft Benson played lip service to the types. 77. Memorandum, Freeman to Humphrey, May 17, 1961 ...
... George McGovern's efforts to transform it into a perma- nent program. In characterizing PL-480 as Food for Peace, Eisenhower and Ezra Taft Benson played lip service to the types. 77. Memorandum, Freeman to Humphrey, May 17, 1961 ...
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Contents
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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