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050 00 $aHD9006.6$b.A776 2008
082 00 $a363.8/56$222
100 1 $aAhlberg, Kristin L.,$d1975-
245 10 $aTransplanting the great society :$bLyndon Johnson and Food for Peace /$cKristin L. Ahlberg.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2008.
300 $axiv, 260 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-242) and index.
505 0 $aPlanting 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aFood relief, American$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aFood supply$xPolitical aspects$zDeveloping countries.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zDeveloping countries.
651 0 $aDeveloping countries$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
600 10 $aJohnson, Lyndon B.$q(Lyndon Baines),$d1908-1973.