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U.S. development aid--an historic first : achievements and failures in the twentieth century
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U.S. development aid--an historic first : achievements and failures in the twentieth century

Author: Samuel Hale Butterfield
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004.
Series: Contributions to the study of world history, no. 108
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Samuel Hale Butterfield
ISBN: 0313319103 9780313319105
OCLC Number: 55036996
Description: xvi, 315 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: A White House surprise -- A summary of 50 years -- Starting off -- Changing assumptions -- Organizing the aid program -- Early country programs: Afghanistan, Chile, India, and Taiwan -- An appealing new strategy -- Kennedy's vision -- Johnson's wars -- Population explosion -- Technical assistance revived -- Trying to reach the rural poor -- Carter and Reagan -- Promoting market forces -- After the Cold War: policies under Bush and Clinton -- Africa's lagging development -- Women in development -- Assessing 50 years of effort.
Series Title: Contributions to the study of world history, no. 108
Responsibility: Samuel Hale Butterfield ; foreword by Maurice Williams.
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