03091nam 22005774a 450 991078092250332120230617042651.01-282-33967-297866123396770-313-08507-2(CKB)2550000000001934(EBL)496952(OCoLC)654299016(SSID)ssj0000344000(PQKBManifestationID)11232302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344000(PQKBWorkID)10292180(PQKB)10506669(MiAaPQ)EBC496952(Au-PeEL)EBL496952(CaPaEBR)ebr10347822(CaONFJC)MIL233967(EXLCZ)99255000000000193420040426d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrU.S. development aid--an historic first[electronic resource] achievements and failures in the twentieth century /Samuel Hale Butterfield ; foreword by Maurice WilliamsWestport, Conn. Praeger Publishers20041 online resource (333 p.)Contributions to the study of world history,0885-9159 ;no. 108Description based upon print version of record.0-313-31910-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-291) and index.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.The first comprehensive account of U.S. development aid policies and implementation operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this work is a unique contribution to world history and to the extensive literature on Third World development. Butterfield begins with the remarkable story of why, in 1949, President Truman surprised Americans with his unprecedented development aid policy. He then describes the major alterations in U.S. development aid strategy and operations from 1950 to 2000. Drawing upon his long experience both in Washington and in country aid missions, Butterfield puts a humaContributions to the study of world history ;no. 108.Economic assistance, AmericanDeveloping countriesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign economic relationsEconomic assistance, AmericanHistory338.91/73/00904Butterfield Samuel Hale1566402MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780922503321U.S. development aid--an historic first3836871UNINA