LEADER 04454nam 2200685 450 001 9910465835403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-6718-3 010 $a0-8131-6716-7 010 $a0-8131-6717-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000651292 035 $a(EBL)4519072 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001662677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16448035 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001662677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14994587 035 $a(PQKB)11321577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4519072 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001597515 035 $a(OCoLC)948247107 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4519072 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11206484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL917594 035 $a(OCoLC)950908827 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000651292 100 $a20160523h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAid under fire $enation building and the Vietnam War /$fJessica Elkind 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in conflict, diplomacy and peace 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-6583-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: building South Vietnam -- "The Virgin Mary is going south": refugee resettlement in South Vietnam -- Civil servants and cold warriors: technical assistance in public administration -- Sowing the seeds of discontent: American agricultural-development programs in South Vietnam -- Policing the insurgency: police administration and internal security in South Vietnam -- Teaching loyalty: Educational development and the strategic hamlet program -- Conclusion: "Ears of stone". 330 $a"In the aftermath of World War II, as longstanding empires collapsed and former colonies struggled for independence, the US employed new diplomatic tools to counter challenges to its interests across the globe. Among the most important new strategies was development assistance-the attempt to strengthen alliances by providing technology, financial aid, and administrators to fledgling states in order to disseminate and inculcate American practices in local populations. While the US implemented development programs in several nations, nowhere were these policies more significant than in Vietnam. In Aid Under Fire, Jessica Elkind examines US nation-building efforts in the South Vietnamese state during the decade before the ground war. Based on archival sources and interviews with aid workers, this study demonstrates how the official US aid agency as well as several nongovernmental organizations implemented nearly every component of nonmilitary assistance given to South Vietnam, including public and police administration, agricultural development, education, and public health. Despite the sincerity of American efforts, most Vietnamese citizens understood them to be little more than a continuation of attempts by foreign powers to dominate their homeland. Elkind argues that, instead of reexamining their core assumptions or their approach as violence in the region escalated, US policymakers and aid workers only strengthened their commitment to nation building, increasingly modifying their goals to support counterinsurgency efforts. Aid Under Fire highlights the important role played by nonstate actors in advancing US policies and reveals in stark terms the limits of American power and influence during the period widely considered to be the apex of US supremacy in the world."--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aStudies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace 606 $aNation-building$zVietnam (Republic) 606 $aTechnical assistance, American$zVietnam (Republic) 606 $aIntercultural communication$zVietnam (Republic)$vCase studies 607 $aVietnam (Republic)$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNation-building 615 0$aTechnical assistance, American 615 0$aIntercultural communication 676 $a959.704/31 700 $aElkind$b Jessica Breiteneicher$f1976-$01052822 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465835403321 996 $aAid under fire$92484298 997 $aUNINA