The Peace Corps in the Sixties

Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman is author of All You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the Sixties.

The Peace Corps marked a major milestone in the administration of John F. Kennedy. In the 30 years since its inception, the organization has continued to make a special and important contribution to developing societies around the world. Historian Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman discusses a fecund period in the Peace Corps' history - the 1960s - and describes the forces that created and sustain a singular government agency.