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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... USDA Notebook 1965 ( 1 ) , Orville L. Free- man Papers , Minnesota Historical Society ( hereafter cited as Freeman Papers , MHS ) . increasingly eager to give of their resources to the wider 4 Transplanting the Great Society.
... USDA Notebook 1965 ( 1 ) , Orville L. Free- man Papers , Minnesota Historical Society ( hereafter cited as Freeman Papers , MHS ) . increasingly eager to give of their resources to the wider 4 Transplanting the Great Society.
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... (USDA) and the International Cooperation Administra- tion (ICA) jointly administered Title II, scheduled to lapse on June 30, 1957. The responsibilities accruing under Title III were, appropriately, tri- fold: the president had the ...
... (USDA) and the International Cooperation Administra- tion (ICA) jointly administered Title II, scheduled to lapse on June 30, 1957. The responsibilities accruing under Title III were, appropriately, tri- fold: the president had the ...
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... USDA had instructed corn farmers to plant soybeans , which resulted in a soybean glut . Then , rather than incorporating the soybean surplus into PL - 480 agreements , the administration stalled and forced farmers to sell their crops at ...
... USDA had instructed corn farmers to plant soybeans , which resulted in a soybean glut . Then , rather than incorporating the soybean surplus into PL - 480 agreements , the administration stalled and forced farmers to sell their crops at ...
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... USDA agronomist and Pur- due University professor Dr. Donald Paarlberg as the first Food for Peace director . For his part Paarlberg believed that the program , “ which has been considered by some the province of Idealists and ...
... USDA agronomist and Pur- due University professor Dr. Donald Paarlberg as the first Food for Peace director . For his part Paarlberg believed that the program , “ which has been considered by some the province of Idealists and ...
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... USDA institute a “ food inventory ” of domestic and foreign stocks.60 Armed with those figures , the USDA could then determine the types and quantities of crops planted for U.S. consumption and for inclu- sion in PL - 480 agreements ...
... USDA institute a “ food inventory ” of domestic and foreign stocks.60 Armed with those figures , the USDA could then determine the types and quantities of crops planted for U.S. consumption and for inclu- sion in PL - 480 agreements ...
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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