Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman

San Diego State University

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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

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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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