Stanley Meisler, the author of two other books, was a foreign and diplomatic correspondent for the "Los Angeles Times" for three decades. He was also deputy director of the Peace Corps's Office of Evaluation and Research in the mid-1960s. Meisler, who lives in Washington, D.C., has written for "Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, " the "Atlantic, "the" Nation, "and" Smithsonian, " and periodically posts news commentaries on his Web site.
"Recommended. For general readers, but should be owned by all
academic as well as public libraries."--"CHOICE"
"The Peace Corps has always been poorly understood by Americans,
and even its Volunteers rarely know much about the agency's
founding and development. "When the World Calls "is an instructive,
thorough, and fascinating history."--Peter Hessler, "New Yorker"
staff writer, journalist, and author of "River Town: Two Years on
the Yangtze"
"A thoughtful, balanced story of a program that captured the spirit
of America. My Peace Corps service defined me and thousands of
others who had the privilege of serving."--Donna E. Shalala,
president, University of Miami, and former secretary of Health and
Human Services
"This is a wonderful portrait of the Peace Corps, its tangled
history, its people, and its mission. It is a timely reminder of
how it is possible to bring hope and change to the world. Stanley
Meisler--a distinguished foreign correspondent--is just the man to
tell this story."--Paul Theroux
"Stanley Meisler delivers an enlightened and engaging narrative of
President Kennedy's 'most enduring legacy'--the Peace Corps. With
humor and a historian's eye for telling detail, he carries us
through this remarkable organization's fifty years of history and
leaves us convinced that 200,000 Volunteers really did make a
difference in the world."--David Lamb, long-time "Los Angeles
Times" foreign correspondent and author of "Vietnam Now: A Reporter
Returns"
"Stanley Meisler is a gifted writer--and one who knows the Peace
Corps well, both from his work there in the early years and his
decades as a foreign correspondent. This book is full of insights
and great anecdotes. It is wonderful history, wonderfully
told."--James Mann, author-in-residence, Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies, and author of "Rise of
the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet"
"The Peace Corps has always been poorly understood by Americans,
and even its Volunteers rarely know much about the agency's
founding and development. "When the World Calls "is an instructive,
thorough, and fascinating history."--Peter Hessler, "New Yorker"
staff writer, journalist, and author of "River Town: Two Years on
the Yangtze"
"A thoughtful, balanced story of a program that captured the spirit
of America. My Peace Corps service defined me and thousands of
others who had the privilege of serving."--Donna E. Shalala,
president, University of Miami, and former secretary of Health and
Human Services
"This is a wonderful portrait of the Peace Corps, its tangled
history, its people, and its mission. It is a timely reminder of
how it is possible to bring hope and change to the world. Stanley
Meisler--a distinguished foreign correspondent--is just the man to
tell this story."--Paul Theroux
"Stanley Meisler delivers an enlightened and engaging narrative of
Pre
“Stanley Meisler is a gifted writer—and one who knows the Peace
Corps well, both from his work there in the early years and his
decades as a foreign correspondent. This book is full of insights
and great anecdotes. It is wonderful history, wonderfully
told.”
—James Mann, author-in-residence, Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies and author of "Rise of the
Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet"
“A wonderful portrait of the Peace Corps, its tangled history, its
people, and its mission … Stanley Meisler—a distinguished foreign
correspondent—is just the man to tell this story.”
—Paul Theroux
“Stanley Meisler delivers an enlightened and engaging narrative of
President Kennedy’s “most enduring legacy”—the Peace Corps. With
humor and an historian’s eye for telling detail, he carries us
through this remarkable organization’s fifty years of
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