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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... surplus disposal into a for- eign policy tool used to inculcate American values and induce support for U.S. policy goals. The Great Society reform program stands as one of Lyndon. 1. “Remarks at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney ...
... surplus disposal into a for- eign policy tool used to inculcate American values and induce support for U.S. policy goals. The Great Society reform program stands as one of Lyndon. 1. “Remarks at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney ...
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... surplus agricultural products as a form of foreign assistance. Surplus liq- uidation improved domestic prices and presupposed the creation of addi- tional overseas markets. Humphrey, however, was not content to deploy PL-480 solely in ...
... surplus agricultural products as a form of foreign assistance. Surplus liq- uidation improved domestic prices and presupposed the creation of addi- tional overseas markets. Humphrey, however, was not content to deploy PL-480 solely in ...
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... surplus commodities and fighting hunger . Polit- ical scientists Peter A. Toma , Robert Stanley , and the aforementioned Mitchel Wallerstein produced monographs tightly focused on Food for Peace , rather than on agricultural decision ...
... surplus commodities and fighting hunger . Polit- ical scientists Peter A. Toma , Robert Stanley , and the aforementioned Mitchel Wallerstein produced monographs tightly focused on Food for Peace , rather than on agricultural decision ...
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... surpluses rather than serving any permanent form of foreign policy objective. President John F. Kennedy, in contrast, used Food for Peace, in concert with the Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress, as a fulcrum for development in third ...
... surpluses rather than serving any permanent form of foreign policy objective. President John F. Kennedy, in contrast, used Food for Peace, in concert with the Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress, as a fulcrum for development in third ...
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... surpluses. By the mid-1950s, one important source of humanitarian assistance, the American Food for Peace program, exem- plified these two seemingly antithetical strains. Surplus and a disparity between the cost of production and price ...
... surpluses. By the mid-1950s, one important source of humanitarian assistance, the American Food for Peace program, exem- plified these two seemingly antithetical strains. Surplus and a disparity between the cost of production and price ...
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A Time to Reap 19651969 | 74 |
India 19641968 | 106 |
Israel 19641968 | 147 |
Vietnam 19641968 | 175 |
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