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A fragile balance :

Picard, Louis A.

A fragile balance : re-examining the history of foreign aid, security, and diplomacy / Louis A. Picard and Terry F. Buss. - Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2009. - xi, 317 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781565492950 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1565492951 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781565492967 (cloth : alk. paper) 156549296X (cloth : alk. paper)

2009010986


Economic assistance, American--History--20th century.
Economic assistance, American--History--21st century.
National security--United States.


United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
United States--Military policy.

HC60 / .P495 2009

327.73

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