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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Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. The Great Society reform program stands as one of Lyndon Johnson's greatest domestic achievements. As a young adult during the Great Depression, Johnson witnessed President Franklin D ...
Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. The Great Society reform program stands as one of Lyndon Johnson's greatest domestic achievements. As a young adult during the Great Depression, Johnson witnessed President Franklin D ...
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Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. Johnson's ability to forge consensus among different constituencies and mastery of the Congress resulted in an outpouring of seminal legis- lation during 1964 and 1965. The Civil ...
Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. Johnson's ability to forge consensus among different constituencies and mastery of the Congress resulted in an outpouring of seminal legis- lation during 1964 and 1965. The Civil ...
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Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. against hunger , disease , and ignorance . ” Just as Johnson could provide for American schoolchildren and the impoverished through school feeding programs and food stamps , so too ...
Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. against hunger , disease , and ignorance . ” Just as Johnson could provide for American schoolchildren and the impoverished through school feeding programs and food stamps , so too ...
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Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. sentiment, foster the development of American-style capitalist and dem- ocratic institutions, and cement the support of allies and potential allies. In order to accomplish these goals ...
Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. sentiment, foster the development of American-style capitalist and dem- ocratic institutions, and cement the support of allies and potential allies. In order to accomplish these goals ...
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Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. political leverage, and as an instrument of war. As many of these analyses focus primarily on domestic policy, however, few detail in any depth the ways in which Public Law 480 was ...
Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace Kristin L. Ahlberg. political leverage, and as an instrument of war. As many of these analyses focus primarily on domestic policy, however, few detail in any depth the ways in which Public Law 480 was ...
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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