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A riveting memoir of the first Israeli-born Jewish American to be sent as a Peace Corps volunteer to a closed Arab society. A good memoir is a survivor's tale—the story of a person who has faced obstacles and made it through well enough to tell it. Dalya Cohen-Mor, a Sabra-born American woman, volunteered to serve in the Peace Corps, went through a lengthy and highly competitive application process, was accepted, and was sent to serve in the predominantly Palestinian country Jordan, of all countries. Upon arrival in Jordan, Cohen-Mor was instructed by Peace Corps supervisors to conceal her Jewish identity, use an alias instead of her real last name, and pretend that she was Christian so as not to compromise her safety and efficacy as a Peace Corps volunteer. As a single woman, a Sabra, and an American Peace Corps volunteer in a conservative Arab society, Cohen-Mor was forced to navigate unchartered territory, redefine her values and attitudes, and discover what it means to be perceived as the Other. She lived in the household of a Bedouin host family in a remote village in the eastern desert of Jordan, teaching English at the village girls' elementary school. As she traveled around the Kingdom, she often found herself in delicate, complicated, and dangerous situations. After three months of hard work in the Peace Corps, she was accused of being involved in intelligence activities and unceremoniously sent back home. Although she lost her dream to serve in the Peace Corps, she found something more precious in the process: her core identity and sense of self. Out of Jordan paints a penetrating portrait of contemporary life in Jordan, with insight into the complexities of a closed Arab society—family life, women's roles, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the perception of America in the minds of ordinary people. With relentless honesty and unflinching

The Peace Corps began with the publicly an nounced intention to have an appreciable portion of its activities carried out in partnership with private institutions and organ izations. However, the speed and effectiveness with which the Washington headquarters developed and the character of its staff made it at first difficult and ultimately unnecessary for the Peace Corps to rely on any great amount of outside assistance. Many of the resources that might have been used were lost to the Peace Corps with the decision to exclude religious organi zations and with the failure of the universities to step into the gap. Private institutions began by managing Peace Corps projects almost in their entirety. But the growth of the Peace Corps headquarters, bureaucratic resistance, and the weaknesses of many of the private agencies themselves grad ually eroded this role to the point where most agencies simply provided professional guidance to some of the Volunteers. The Peace Corps can still use them, however, to help provide needed guidance in project planning, in experimental recruiting pro grams, and in overseas administration. It is still important to bring in new and fresh ideas and to rebuild the public support for the Peace Corps provided by these agencies.

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This article examines the role of the Peace Corps in U.S. foreign policy and specifically explores the role of the Peace Corps in improving the popular image of the United States. I empirically test the hypothesis that the presence of a Peace Corps program enhances a positive of view of the United States held by the people of that country. Using logistic regression analysis, I show that the presence of Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in a country positively influences individuals' views toward the United States. I analyze survey research from the region of Latin America using datasets from the Latinobarometer public opinion survey. Furthermore, I present a theoretical explanation to understand how the presence of PCVs can lead to an improved perception of the United States. This explanation draws from the contact hypothesis originally proposed by Gordon Allport.Related Articles
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