03364oam 2200685 a 450 991096084210332120200520144314.097982160283699786612339677978128233967512823396729780313085079031308507210.5040/9798216028369(CKB)2550000000001934(EBL)496952(OCoLC)654299016(SSID)ssj0000344000(PQKBManifestationID)11232302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344000(PQKBWorkID)10292180(PQKB)10506669(Au-PeEL)EBL496952(CaPaEBR)ebr10347822(CaONFJC)MIL233967(MiAaPQ)EBC496952(DLC)BP9798216028369BC(Perlego)4260650(EXLCZ)99255000000000193420240214e20042024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrU.S. development aid--an historic first achievements and failures in the twentieth century /Samuel Hale Butterfield ; foreword by Maurice Williams1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger Publishers,2004.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (333 p.)Contributions to the study of world history,0885-9159 ;no. 108Description based upon print version of record.9780313319105 0313319103 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 Hale1798320DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910960842103321U.S. development aid--an historic first4341003UNINA