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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 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norris, John
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2021]
Subjects:
United States. > Agency for International Development > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Introduction
  • 1 Tipping Points
  • ANGER AND UNREST
  • THE UGLY AMERICAN
  • AID AND THE ELECTION
  • WHAT SHAPE THE NEW FRONTIER?
  • CONFRONTATION
  • PUNTA DEL ESTE
  • AID IS BORN
  • 2 The Foot of the Mountain
  • WHEN EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE
  • THE ALLIANCE ON THE BRINK
  • INTO AFRICA
  • ASIA AT A CROSSROADS
  • THE OTHER END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
  • TRANSITION AND TRAGEDY
  • 3 Larger than Life
  • AFTER THE DIRGE
  • NEW PRESIDENT, SAME OLD OTTO
  • JOHNSON IN THE SADDLE
  • SHIFTING ALLIANCE
  • RAMP-UP
  • BIRTH OF A TIGER
  • 4 Crescendos
  • THE SHADOW OF FAMINE
  • POPULATION CONTROL
  • THE CHANGING FACE OF AID
  • AFRICA AND THE MOST DREADFUL SCOURGE
  • VIETNAM
  • 5 The Devil's Bargain
  • ENTER NIXON
  • GRAND PLANS
  • BIAFRA
  • SAHEL
  • THE BLOOD TELEGRAM
  • THE THINGS WE CARRIED
  • THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER
  • BACKLASH
  • NEW FACES-AND AN OLD ONE
  • NEW DIRECTIONS
  • THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 6 The Carter Years
  • OUTSIDERS
  • THE LEAKY UMBRELLA
  • GOING GREENER
  • RAVENHOLT NEVERMORE
  • CAMP DAVID
  • LOOSE LIPS SINK GILLIGAN'S SHIP
  • THE OTHER GROUND WAR IN ASIA
  • CARTER CONCLUSION
  • 7 The Reagan Years
  • SECURITY FIRST, ECONOMICS SECOND
  • BABY FORMULA
  • A HUNGRY CHILD KNOWS NO POLITICS
  • CHILD SURVIVAL
  • THE FAMILY PLANNING WARS
  • THE KILLER IN THE WINGS
  • THE AFRICAN CHESSBOARD
  • THE MIDDLE EAST
  • EYES TURNED SOUTH
  • WOODS APPOINTMENT
  • 8 Uneasy Victories
  • BACK TO THE USSR
  • THE WOODS REPORT
  • RON ROSKENS
  • THE WALL COMES DOWN
  • POWER TO THE PEOPLE?
  • AID WITHOUT THE COLD WAR
  • ONE OF MANY
  • GENERAL MAYHEM
  • FERRIS COMMISSION
  • BITTER FRUIT
  • 9 On the Precipice
  • ATWOOD APPOINTMENT
  • THE COMING ANARCHY
  • BORIS AND BILL
  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • DEMOCRACY PROMOTION
  • A WOMAN'S WORLD
  • UNEASY SIBLINGS
  • THE END OF AID?
  • ALBRIGHT AND A DEAL
  • ATWOOD OUT AND ANDERSON IN
  • 10 After the Towers
  • SEPTEMBER 11
  • A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS
  • PANDEMIC
  • THE MOSQUITO'S DEADLY BITE
  • THE DOGS OF WAR
  • THE SQUEEZE
  • TO THE FORE
  • A COMPLICATED, SPRAWLING LEGACY
  • 11 Ambition Constrained
  • FEED THE FUTURE
  • DUELING REVIEWS
  • A BATTERED HAITI
  • BATTLING THE BELTWAY
  • A NEW TAKE
  • A BURST OF AGREEMENT
  • 12 Do as We Say, Not as We Do
  • AN UNUSUAL RESISTANCE
  • GOING GREEN
  • COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
  • THE COST
  • 13 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Endnotes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index