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Ike and the People-to-People Program: Assessing the Effect of Presidential Leadership in Foreign Policymaking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2009

Samuel Taupin
Affiliation:
University of Bordeaux

Extract

The international cooperation initiative established by the Eisenhower administration (1956–1961), the People to People program, aimed to support American community leaders from different fields—such as the arts, education, sports, religion, health, and the military—in international exchanges to enhance understanding and good will on the part of citizens around the world.

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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2009

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