When the World Calls

Author: Stanley Meisler
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0807050490

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

A complete and revealing history of the Peace Corps-in time for its fiftieth anniversary
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On October 14, 1960, at an impromptu speech at the University of Michigan, John F. Download When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Years from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Kennedy presented an idea to a crowd of restless students for an organization that would rally American youth in service. Though the speech lasted barely three minutes, his germ of an idea morphed dramatically into Kennedy's most enduring legacy - the Peace Corps. From this offhand campaign remark, shaped speedily by President Kennedy's brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, in 1961, the organization ascended with remarkable excitement and publicity, attracting the attention of thousands of hopeful young Americans.
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