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The Peace Corps in South America : volunteers and the global war on poverty in the 1960s

Purcell Torretti, Fernando, author

2019

Overview

\"In the 1960s, 20,000 young Americans landed in South America to serve as Peace Corps volunteers. The program was hailed by President John F. Kennedy and by volunteers themselves as an exceptional initiative to end global poverty. In practice, it was another front for fighting the Cold War and promoting American interests in the Global South. This book examines how this ideological project played out on the ground as volunteers encountered a range of local actors and agencies engaged in anti-poverty efforts of their own. As they negotiated the complexities of community intervention, these volunteers faced conflicts and frustrations, struggled to adapt, and gradually transformed the Peace Corps of the 1960s into a truly global, decentralised institution\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Peace Corps (U.S.) / Economic assistance, American South America History. / Poverty South America. / Cold War. / United States Relations South America. / South America Relations United States. / United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.
• ISBN: 9783030248079, 3030248070

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HC170.P6 P87 2019	1	BOOK	BUSINESS