Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman

San Diego State University

Guest

History professor at San Diego State University and author of the book All You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and Spirit of the 1960s

Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on KCRW

The Peace Corps, which has been sending Americans overseas to do aid work for 50 years, is struggling to recruit new volunteers.

Peace Corps: Then and Now

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