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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... legislative savvy to combat racial discrimination, improve access to health care, and increase educational opportunities for all Americans. So, too, did the president prioritize fighting hunger as an essential component of the Great ...
... legislative savvy to combat racial discrimination, improve access to health care, and increase educational opportunities for all Americans. So, too, did the president prioritize fighting hunger as an essential component of the Great ...
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... legislation designed to uplift many Americans during a period of dire economic crisis. Johnson, in fact, participated in the administration of one New Deal measure; as the Texas state director of the National Youth Administration, he ...
... legislation designed to uplift many Americans during a period of dire economic crisis. Johnson, in fact, participated in the administration of one New Deal measure; as the Texas state director of the National Youth Administration, he ...
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... legislative actions of the administration.4 The acts outlawed discrimination in employment and public accommodations and specified federal intervention to protect African American voter registration and voting. The administration's ...
... legislative actions of the administration.4 The acts outlawed discrimination in employment and public accommodations and specified federal intervention to protect African American voter registration and voting. The administration's ...
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... legislation, and PL-480's application during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations . Inheriting a revitalized Food for Peace pro-. 10. Brands, Beyond Vietnam: The Foreign Policies of Lyndon Johnson; Kunz, The Diplo- macy of the ...
... legislation, and PL-480's application during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations . Inheriting a revitalized Food for Peace pro-. 10. Brands, Beyond Vietnam: The Foreign Policies of Lyndon Johnson; Kunz, The Diplo- macy of the ...
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... legislative provisions of the 1941 Lend-Lease Act and. 9. “Statement by the President upon Signing the India Emergency Food Aid Act,” June 15, 1951, in Public Papers: Truman, 1951, 338; Humphrey, Education of a Public Man,166– 68; M ...
... legislative provisions of the 1941 Lend-Lease Act and. 9. “Statement by the President upon Signing the India Emergency Food Aid Act,” June 15, 1951, in Public Papers: Truman, 1951, 338; Humphrey, Education of a Public Man,166– 68; M ...
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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