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The Enduring Struggle

- The History of the U.S. Agency for International Development and America’s Uneasy Transformation of the World
Af: John Norris Engelsk Hardback

The Enduring Struggle

- The History of the U.S. Agency for International Development and America’s Uneasy Transformation of the World
Af: John Norris Engelsk Hardback
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US Foreign aid is one of the most misunderstand functions of our federal government. Consuming less than 1% of the federal government budget, it has nonetheless played an outsized role in political debate. At the center of this controversy and misunderstanding has been the U.S. Agency for International Development, or AID, the government agency created during the Kennedy administration to administer America’s foreign assistance programs, an often-conflicted behemoth with a presence spanning the globe. In this book, journalist and foreign policy expert John Norris provides a compelling and rich story of AID, warts and all. There have been moments of enormous triumph: the eradication of smallpox, the Green Revolution, efforts to bring family planning to millions of women for the first time. There have also been florid, headline-grabbing failures in places like Vietnam and Iraq, missteps born out of ignorance and ethnocentrism, and money that flowed into the coffers of despots like President Mobutu in Zaire. In totality, the work of AID has touched millions and millions of lives in ways that have been truly profound, both good and bad. On the Eve of AID’s 60th anniversary, Norris shares history on an almost epic scale that remains largely untold.

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US Foreign aid is one of the most misunderstand functions of our federal government. Consuming less than 1% of the federal government budget, it has nonetheless played an outsized role in political debate. At the center of this controversy and misunderstanding has been the U.S. Agency for International Development, or AID, the government agency created during the Kennedy administration to administer America’s foreign assistance programs, an often-conflicted behemoth with a presence spanning the globe. In this book, journalist and foreign policy expert John Norris provides a compelling and rich story of AID, warts and all. There have been moments of enormous triumph: the eradication of smallpox, the Green Revolution, efforts to bring family planning to millions of women for the first time. There have also been florid, headline-grabbing failures in places like Vietnam and Iraq, missteps born out of ignorance and ethnocentrism, and money that flowed into the coffers of despots like President Mobutu in Zaire. In totality, the work of AID has touched millions and millions of lives in ways that have been truly profound, both good and bad. On the Eve of AID’s 60th anniversary, Norris shares history on an almost epic scale that remains largely untold.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 338
ISBN-13: 9781538154663
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1538154668
Kategori: United States of America, USA
Udg. Dato: 1 jul 2021
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 236mm
Højde: 159mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 1 jul 2021
Forfatter(e): John Norris
Forfatter(e) John Norris

Kategori United States of America, USA

ISBN-13 9781538154663

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 338

Udgave

Længde 27mm

Bredde 236mm

Højde 159mm

Udg. Dato 1 jul 2021

Oplagsdato 1 jul 2021

Forlag Rowman & Littlefield

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