Category: history
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Backgammon in Iran
This episode of the SoftPower/FulStories podcast features John Limbert’s experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer and diplomat in Iran.
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World Cup Action: South Korea v Czechia
“Let us hope that other nations will mobilize the spirit and energies and skill of their people in some form of Peace Corps.” -JFK
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Book Review: Living the World Cup
Kaffen writes from authority, having attended seven World Cup gatherings hosted by Mexico, the United States, France, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, and Qatar.
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Sargent Shriver’s Memoir
Shriver’s memoir offers lessons on the price of overconfidence in brute power abroad vs pragmatic idealism at home.
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Profiles in Service Now on Kindle
Profiles in Service: Peace Corps Roots in American Diplomacy is now available in seconds on your Kindle.
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Book Review: Revenge of the Seawolf
Mystery and adventure will keep readers turning the pages, and Theroux adds rich layers of historic detail, authenticity, and curiosity to the narrative.
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Launch Day
The writer is greedy, demanding, insistent. Each word must lead the reader to the end of a sentence, a paragraph, a page.
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Three Koreas
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The harsh environment, the boys pushed hard by striving parents, the high expectations Koreans had for themselves and Peace Corps volunteers all made for an often grinding experience
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Profile: Kathleen Stephens
“Let us hope that other nations will mobilize the spirit and energies and skill of their people in some form of Peace Corps.” President Kennedy, 1961
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From Oral History to Historical Narrative
I’m pulling back the curtain on process, sharing an excerpt of David Greenlee’s ADST oral history alongside the final narrative form from Profiles in Service.
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