1966年，密克罗尼西亚方案在白宫和内政部的干预下出台，给和平队带来了前所未有的机遇与挑战。方案负责人普理查德在“任务艰巨论”的指导下盲目扩大项目规模，把密克罗尼西亚方案比作“一场完全掌握在我们手里的革命”，却因忽视项目质量而遭到失败。密克罗尼西亚方案虽然没能实现预期的目标，但给和平队和密克罗尼西亚都带来了深刻的影响，成功地改造了它们的面貌。
The Micronesia project was forced through the intervention of the White House and the Department of the Interior，creating unprecedented opportunities and challenges for the Peace Corps. Guided by the theory of “A Towering Task”，project leader Pritchard has blindly enlarged the project，comparing it to what he termed “a revolution in our grasp”，only to fail by ignoring the quality of the project. Although the Micronesia project failed to achieve its intended objectives，it had a profound impact on Micronesia and on the Peace Corps itself，and eventually succeeded in remaking their appearance.
