Transplanting the great society [electronic resource] : Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace / Kristin L. Ahlberg.

By:

Ahlberg, Kristin L, 1975-

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ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 260 p. : illSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

363.8/56 22

LOC classification:

HD9006.6 .A776 2008

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Contents:

Planting the seeds of a Food for Peace program -- LBJ and the growth of Food for Peace, 1963-1965 -- A time to reap, 1965-1969 -- Food for Peace and the short tether: India, 1964-1968 -- Plowshares into swords: Israel, 1964-1968 -- Food for war: Vietnam, 1964-1968 -- Conclusion: final harvest.

Summary: "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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-242) and index.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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