A fragile balance
Subtitle: re-examining the history of foreign aid, security, and diplomacy
By: by Louis A. Picard and Terry F. Buss.
Contributors: Buss, Terry F.
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781565492950; 9781565492967
Subjects: Economic assistance, American -- History -- 20th century; Economic assistance, American -- History -- 21st century; National security -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009; United States -- Military policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : background; title: Foreign aid policy in the twenty-first century; title: International assistance, diplomacy, and security policy; title: Early historical antecedents; title: Part II : epochs in aid, diplomacy, and security policy; title: The rise of American global power; title: The world wars; title: The Cold War; title: The Vietnam War; title: Basic needs and structural adjustment; title: September 11 and Iraq War; title: Armed social work; title: Part III : contemporary aid in historical perspective; title: From policy to process; title: Donors and clients; title: Debates into the twenty-first century; title: Challenges for the future.