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A fragile balance : re-examining the history of foreign aid, security, and diplomacy
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A fragile balance : re-examining the history of foreign aid, security, and diplomacy / Louis A. Picard and Terry F. Buss.
ISBN
9781565492950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1565492951 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781565492967 (cloth : alk. paper)
156549296X (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xi, 317 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 23, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Background
Foreign aid policy in the twenty-first century
International assistance, foreign policy, and security policy
Historical antecedents
Epochs of aid, diplomacy, and security policy
Manifest destiny and American expansionism
The impact of two world wars
Point Four, USAID, and the Cold War
The Vietnam War
Basic needs, structural adjustment, and the Cold War's end
September 11 and the Iraq War
Reconstruction, civic action, and AFRICOM
Contemporary aid in historical perspective and beyond
From policy to process
Donors and clients
Debates into the twenty-first century
Challenges for the future.
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