Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy: The Alliance for Progress in Latin America
"[Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy] is an outstanding book on an important topic. This book is destined to be the standard reference work on the [Alliance for Progress]. It is well researched, well written, and provides a compelling story of a failure that was not as noble as it seemed."—Journal of American History"Based largely on newly released U.S. government sources, Taffet’s clearly written study is a valuable—and timely—contribution that sheds new light on the most ambitious U.S. effort to reshape Latin America in its own image."—American Historical Review"Foreign Aid as Foreign Policybrilliantly makes the failed Alliance for Progress of the 1960s part of our ‘usable past,’ because it warns against the temptation of letting short-term politics corrupt long-term development. This book should be read not only by those interested in Latin America but by all students of international affairs."—Alan McPherson, author ofIntimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: The United States and Latin America since 1945"Foreign Aid as Foreign Policyprovides a compelling analysis of the Alliance for Progress. Taffet shows how and, importantly, why the original objectives of the Alliance were not met. Anyone interested in US-Latin American relations will profit from reading this exemplary study."—William O. Walker III, author ofOpium and Foreign Policy"Taffet has written a path-breaking, long overdue history of the Alliance for Progress that is sure to become the standard reference on the topic. Lucid and balanced,Foreign Aid as Foreign Policyreveals the ironies and ideals of foreign aid, showing why—in the service of realpolitik—it was such a blunt and unwieldy tool."—Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, author ofAll You Need is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960s"Foreign Aid as Foreign Policyshould now be regarded as the most important work on the history of the Alliance for Progress."—Hispanic American Historical Review"This is an outstanding book on an important topic... It is destined to be the standard reference work on the topic. It is well researched, well written, and provides a compelling story."--The Journal of American History