The Politics of Foreign Aid
Subtitle: U.S. Foreign Assistance and Aid to Israel
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: December 14, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780275930004
Subjects: Industry & Industrial Studies; Political economy; Economic And Technical Assistance; Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Development - Economic Development; Ethnic Studies - General; United States - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Economic assistance, American; Israel
Description: The argument of this book is that U.S. financial and other aid to Israel has reached proportions way out of line with that to any other country and that Israel has become an economic dependency, while at the same time control over use of the aid is in Israeli hands, often to the detriment of U.S. interests. The statistics cited, mostly from U.S. official sources, support that thesis. However, the overstatements, subjective generalizations and political pleading which mark the accompanying text do detract from the force of the argument. -- From www.foreignaffairs.co (Oct. 19, 2012).