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A fragile balance : re-examining the history of foreign aid, security, and diplomacy / Louis A. Picard and Terry F. Buss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2009.Description: xi, 317 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781565492950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1565492951 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781565492967 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 156549296X (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73 22
LOC classification:
  • HC60 .P495 2009
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.
Item type: Book
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY Open Shelf HC60 .P495 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 69909

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.

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