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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page xiv
... Farmers Union National Security Action Memorandum National Security Council National Security File Record Group NFU NSAM NSC NSF RG TIAS UNFAO USIA WH WHCF White House Central Files Treaties and International Agreements Series United ...
... Farmers Union National Security Action Memorandum National Security Council National Security File Record Group NFU NSAM NSC NSF RG TIAS UNFAO USIA WH WHCF White House Central Files Treaties and International Agreements Series United ...
Page 4
... farmer : both wanted a secure future with the accoutrements of modern life . Thus , Johnson's promulgation of a Tennessee Valley Authority – like dam system in the Mekong River valley made perfect sense to him and those who supported ...
... farmer : both wanted a secure future with the accoutrements of modern life . Thus , Johnson's promulgation of a Tennessee Valley Authority – like dam system in the Mekong River valley made perfect sense to him and those who supported ...
Page 11
... farming. New crop strains, fertilizers and pesticides, and the introduction of diesel tractors and grain reapers allowed farmers to produce more commodities on smaller. 11 Planting the Seeds of a Food for Peace Program.
... farming. New crop strains, fertilizers and pesticides, and the introduction of diesel tractors and grain reapers allowed farmers to produce more commodities on smaller. 11 Planting the Seeds of a Food for Peace Program.
Page 12
... farmers to borrow on credit. In response to these and other issues, farm organizations such as the Patrons of Hus- bandry (Grange) and the Farmers' Alliance and political movements such as the Populist Party emerged during the 1870s and ...
... farmers to borrow on credit. In response to these and other issues, farm organizations such as the Patrons of Hus- bandry (Grange) and the Farmers' Alliance and political movements such as the Populist Party emerged during the 1870s and ...
Page 13
... Farmers accepted greater government control and thus, as R. Douglas Hurt notes, “played an important role in the ... Farmer in the Twentieth Century, 11, 39. See also Frederick Schapsmeier and Edward Schapsmeier, “Farm Policy from FDR to ...
... Farmers accepted greater government control and thus, as R. Douglas Hurt notes, “played an important role in the ... Farmer in the Twentieth Century, 11, 39. See also Frederick Schapsmeier and Edward Schapsmeier, “Farm Policy from FDR to ...
Contents
1 | |
11 | |
42 | |
A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administration’s approved Bundy Califano cold war commitment Committee commodities Congress congressional Country Files Dean Rusk December Development diplomatic domestic economic Eisenhower famine farmers February food aid food aid program Food for Freedom Food for Peace foreign aid foreign policy Freeman Papers Freeman to Johnson FRUS Gandhi George McGovern global grain Hubert Humphrey humanitarian Humphrey hunger India International Israel Israeli January John Johnson administration Kennedy Komer to Johnson LBJL legislation Lyndon Baines Johnson Lyndon Johnson March McGeorge Bundy McGovern Memorandum ment military million November October Office Orville Freeman pacification Peace program PL-480 agreements political president presidential production Public Law 480 Public Papers recipient reform Reuter rice Rusk Saigon Secretary of Agriculture self-help Senate September short tether Society South Vietnamese surplus telegram tion Title I agreements U.S. Department U.S. Food Aid U.S. foreign United University Press USDA USDA Diaries Viet Vietnam Washington WHCF White House York