TY - BOOK AU - Picard,Louis A. AU - Buss,Terry F. TI - A fragile balance: re-examining the history of foreign aid, security, and diplomacy SN - 9781565492950 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HC60 .P495 2009 U1 - 327.73 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Sterling, VA PB - Kumarian Press KW - Economic assistance, American KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - National security KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001-2009 KW - Military policy N1 - 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 ER -