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

Stanley Meisler‏

اردیبهشت ۲۰۱۱ · فروخته شده توسط Beacon Press

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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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Stanley Meisler was an Associated Press reporter from 1954 to 1964. After serving as deputy director of the Office of Evaluation and Research of the Peace Corps, he joined the Los Angeles Times in 1967 and was a foreign correspondent for thirty years, covering Africa, Europe, the UN, and Washington. In addition to his work for the Times, he has written for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, the Nation, Reader's Digest, and Smithsonian.