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    612-822-4611

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We Called It a War: Lessons Learned from the Fight to End Poverty

We Called It a War: Lessons Learned from the Fight to End Poverty

Shriver, Sargent

Paperback

Political BiographiesPoverty & Social Work

Publisher Price: $26.99

ISBN10: 1627206663
ISBN13: 9781627206662
Publisher: Apprentice House
Published: Apr 20 2026
Pages: 394
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

We Called It a War: Lessons Learned from the Fight to End Poverty is a first-hand account of Sargent Shriver's leadership of the War on Poverty, which he undertook under President Lyndon Johnson between 1964 and 1968. The memoir offers a rare inside view of how programs like Head Start, Community Action, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA, now AmeriCorps VISTA), Job Corps, Legal Services, Neighborhood Health Centers, Foster Grandparents, Upward Bound, and Work-Study were conceived and implemented-and how Shriver's collaborative, community-based approach can be applied to tackling poverty in America today. The book gives the reader intimate insights into the opportunities and challenges of translating President Johnson's audacious pledge to end poverty into a working set of social programs that continue to uplift and empower communities across the United States today.

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