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Author:   Jeffrey Taffet (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, King's Point, NY, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9780415977708

ISBN 10:   0415977703
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   23 April 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Politics of Foreign Aid, Chapter 1: Changing Course in Latin America: Influences from Eisenhower, Modernization Theorists, Kennedy, and the Cuban Revolution, Chapter 2: Implementing the Alliance for Progress: The Initial Theoretical, Political, Management, and Marketing Problems, Chapter 3: Kennedy to Johnson: Giving Up on Idealism and Worrying About Political Instability, Chapter 4: Chile and the Alliance for Progress: Fighting Allende and Pushing Frei, Chapter 5: Brazil and the Alliance for Progress: Undermining Goulart and Rewarding the Military, Chapter 6: The Dominican Republic and the Alliance for Progress: Using Aid to Clean Up the Post-Trujillo and Postintervention Messes, Chapter 7: Colombia and the Alliance for Progress: Pushing Reliable Allies to Demonstrate That Aid Could Work, Chapter 8: The Alliance for Progress in the Late 1960s: The Slow Fade to Irrelevance, Conclusion, Appendix A: Address by President John F. Kennedy at the White House Reception for Members of the Diplomatic Corps of the Latin American Republics, March 13, 1961, Appendix B: The Charter of Punta Del Este: Establishing an Alliance for Progress within the Framework of Operation Pan America, August 17, 1966, Appendix C: President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Remarks on the Alliance for Progress to Representatives of the Countries of Latin America, November 26, 1963, Appendix D: Declaration of the Presidents of America, Punta del Este, Uruguay, April 14, 1967, Appendix E: Key Officials in the Alliance for Progress Era, Endnotes, Index

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Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy brilliantly 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 of Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: The United States and Latin America since 1945 Foreign Aid as Foreign Policy provides 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 of Opium 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 Policy reveals 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 of All You Need is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960s

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Jeffrey Taffet is Assistant Professor of History at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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