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When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Years

✍ Scribed by Meisler, Stanley

Book ID: 110006903
Publisher: Beacon Press
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 190 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780807050491

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✦ Synopsis

A complete and revealing history of the Peace Corps--in time for its fiftieth anniversary

When the World Calls is the first complete and balanced look at the Peace Corps's first fifty years. Stanley Meisler's engaging narrative exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the Volunteers' unique struggles abroad. He deftly unpacks the complicated history with sharp analysis and memorable anecdotes, taking readers on a global trek starting with the historic first contingent of Volunteers to Ghana on August 30, 1961.

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