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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... 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 United ...
... 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 United ...
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... McGovern, who, at the time, represented South Dakota in the House of Representatives, sponsored the companion House legisla- tion, beginning a decades-long commitment to raising public awareness of hunger and advocating changes and ...
... McGovern, who, at the time, represented South Dakota in the House of Representatives, sponsored the companion House legisla- tion, beginning a decades-long commitment to raising public awareness of hunger and advocating changes and ...
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... McGovern , Third Freedom , 49 ; Toma , Politics of Food for Peace , 60 . 43. “ Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson , ” February 19 , 1959 , RG 3 , Legislation , Microfilm Reel 65 , Papers of Karl Mundt , Dakota State ...
... McGovern , Third Freedom , 49 ; Toma , Politics of Food for Peace , 60 . 43. “ Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson , ” February 19 , 1959 , RG 3 , Legislation , Microfilm Reel 65 , Papers of Karl Mundt , Dakota State ...
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... McGovern recalled , in a 1964 oral interview for the John F. Kennedy Library , that Kennedy “ was a little bit bored ” with discussing farm prices and parity formulas.4 47 Grain Terminal Association cafeteria in Minneapolis that fall.49 ...
... McGovern recalled , in a 1964 oral interview for the John F. Kennedy Library , that Kennedy “ was a little bit bored ” with discussing farm prices and parity formulas.4 47 Grain Terminal Association cafeteria in Minneapolis that fall.49 ...
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... McGovern had originally envisioned . Kennedy's interest in the Public Law 480 program as an altruistic device proved more than campaign rhetoric . Similar to Humphrey and McGov- ern , Kennedy criticized Eisenhower's management of Food ...
... McGovern had originally envisioned . Kennedy's interest in the Public Law 480 program as an altruistic device proved more than campaign rhetoric . Similar to Humphrey and McGov- ern , Kennedy criticized Eisenhower's management of Food ...
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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