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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... reflected the humanitarian impulse of U.S. policy, influenced by a Judeo-Christian tradition of assisting the less fortunate. Freeman underscored the importance of food aid, noting that “there is something about food and its use. 7 ...
... reflected the humanitarian impulse of U.S. policy, influenced by a Judeo-Christian tradition of assisting the less fortunate. Freeman underscored the importance of food aid, noting that “there is something about food and its use. 7 ...
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... reflected his overall faith in business and limited government. Combined with the overall economic crisis hastened by the stock market crash in 1929, American agriculture was in dire straits. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, by contrast ...
... reflected his overall faith in business and limited government. Combined with the overall economic crisis hastened by the stock market crash in 1929, American agriculture was in dire straits. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, by contrast ...
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... reflected the president's faith in the free market system and support for small family farm producers, not any deep-seated desire to create a long-term humanitarian food aid program. He connected the liquidation of surplus agricultural ...
... reflected the president's faith in the free market system and support for small family farm producers, not any deep-seated desire to create a long-term humanitarian food aid program. He connected the liquidation of surplus agricultural ...
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... reflected the broader values Humphrey and others held concerning humanitarian aid, namely, that the well-off should share their wealth with the less fortunate.26Public Law 480, in effect, established a broad basis for U.S. provision of ...
... reflected the broader values Humphrey and others held concerning humanitarian aid, namely, that the well-off should share their wealth with the less fortunate.26Public Law 480, in effect, established a broad basis for U.S. provision of ...
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... reflected his belief that the food program sorely lacked energy and proper management. Titled Food and Fiber as a Force for Freedom,the study intimated that commodities were more essential than bullets in the early stages of the cold ...
... reflected his belief that the food program sorely lacked energy and proper management. Titled Food and Fiber as a Force for Freedom,the study intimated that commodities were more essential than bullets in the early stages of the cold ...
Contents
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3 A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
4 Food for Peace andthe Short TetherIndia 19641968 | 106 |
5 Plowshares into SwordsIsrael 19641968 | 147 |
6 Food for WarVietnam 19641968 | 175 |
Final Harvest | 207 |
Bibliography | 215 |
Index | 243 |
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