When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Ye [Paperback]

When the World Calls is the first complete and balanced look at the Peace Corps’s first fifty years. Revelatory and candid, journalist Stanley Meisler’s engaging narrative exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the Volunteers’ unique struggles abroad. He deftly unpacks the complicated history with sharp analysis and memorable anecdotes, taking readers on a global trek starting with the historic first contingent of Volunteers to Ghana on August 30, 1961. In the years since, in spite of setbacks, the ethos of the Peace Corps has endured, largely due to the perseverance of the 200,000 Volunteers themselves, whose shared commitment to effect positive global change has been a constant in one of our most complex—and valued—institutions.Table of Contents...

Introduction
1 The Challenge from JFK
2 Sarge’s Peace Corps
3 The Pioneer Volunteers and the Postcard
4 The Battle of Britain
5 Friday, November 22, 1963
6 U.S. Troops Invade the Dominican Republic
7 Johnny Hood
8 The Specter of Vietnam
9 The Wrath of Richard Nixon
10 The Fall of the Lion of Judah
11 The Militant Sam Brown
12 Mayhem and Illness
13 The Rich Lady in Her First Job for Pay
14 200,000 Stories
15 A New Name and a New World
16 The Expansive Mood of the Clinton Years
17 The Quiet Bush Years
18 Diplomatic Troubles
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