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Author Ahlberg, Kristin L., 1975-

Title Transplanting the great society : Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace / Kristin L. Ahlberg
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index
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Subject Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
SUBJECT Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast
Johnson, Lyndon B. swd
Subject Food relief, American -- Political aspects
Food supply -- Political aspects -- Developing countries
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Diplomatic relations
Food supply -- Political aspects
Nahrungsmittelhilfe
Entwicklungspolitik
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries
Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject Developing countries
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008034658
ISBN 9780826266477
0826266479