Point of the Lance: The Need for a New Kind of Politics, Education, and Public Service--at Home and in the World

by Sargent Shriver

Compilation of speeches by the director of the U.S. Peace Corps who is also the President's Assistant in the War on Poverty.

The secret of your greatness --
Our unfinished revolution --
The Peace Corps --
The war on poverty --
Civil rights --
Health and education --
The soul of our nation --
Appendices.

240 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election. --Wikipedia