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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... congressional support, the United States could mount large-scale foreign humanitarian food assistance programs.9 The precedent for providing such humanitarian assistance reached back to the nineteenth century. The U.S. government ...
... congressional support, the United States could mount large-scale foreign humanitarian food assistance programs.9 The precedent for providing such humanitarian assistance reached back to the nineteenth century. The U.S. government ...
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... state for congressional relations and special assistant to the president during the Kennedy administration. 15. See Charles L. Garrettson, Hubert H. Humphrey: The Politics Planting the Seeds of a Food for Peace Program 17.
... state for congressional relations and special assistant to the president during the Kennedy administration. 15. See Charles L. Garrettson, Hubert H. Humphrey: The Politics Planting the Seeds of a Food for Peace Program 17.
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... Congressional Quarterly Almanac , 85th Cong . , 1st sess . , 1957 , 13 : 641 . Congress approved a $ 1.5 billion increase in 1955 and a $ 3 billion increase in 1956 . 35. " Annual Budget Message to the Congress : Fiscal Year 1959 ...
... Congressional Quarterly Almanac , 85th Cong . , 1st sess . , 1957 , 13 : 641 . Congress approved a $ 1.5 billion increase in 1955 and a $ 3 billion increase in 1956 . 35. " Annual Budget Message to the Congress : Fiscal Year 1959 ...
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... congressional factions against each other : one led by Humphrey , another supportive of the Eisenhower / Benson plan , and a third composed of members favoring only a surplus disposal orientation.42 The legislative battles over the 1959 ...
... congressional factions against each other : one led by Humphrey , another supportive of the Eisenhower / Benson plan , and a third composed of members favoring only a surplus disposal orientation.42 The legislative battles over the 1959 ...
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... Congressional Quarterly Almanac , 1962 , 18 : 94–98 . 64. For additional information on the establishment of the Peace Corps , see Gerard T. Rice , The Bold Experiment : JFK's Peace Corps ; and Hoffman , All You Need Is Love . improve ...
... Congressional Quarterly Almanac , 1962 , 18 : 94–98 . 64. For additional information on the establishment of the Peace Corps , see Gerard T. Rice , The Bold Experiment : JFK's Peace Corps ; and Hoffman , All You Need Is Love . improve ...
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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