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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From the hot savannah of Malawi to the cold, damp gray of Kosovo and into the volatile war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and other donors have invested enormous financial and human resources in major peacekeeping and development efforts. Why then is the world no closer to being a "better and safer" place? Both a salient critique of US foreign assistance and a thought-provoking memoir, Flash Points describes the issues with personnel,...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The motivation behind this book stems from a memorable incident that took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, in 2003. At the time, I was working for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on projects related to development and peace-building. One such project entailed a collaboration with the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the international institution responsible for overseeing the implementation of civilian aspects...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
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...
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
You've held up your end of the bargain, and now it's time for the government to say thank you, in the form of benefits. Veterans Benefits Guide for Dummies walks you through the process of separating from the military, filing claims with the VA, and appealing decisions. You also find a comprehensive list of benefits available to vets of all backgrounds and circumstances, so you know exactly what you qualify for -- healthcare, disability pay, home...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Marshall Plan and the efforts to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism during a two-year period that saw the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.
Author
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The United States is the world's leading foreign aid donor. Yet there has been little inquiry into how such assistance affects the politics and societies of recipient nations. Drawing on four decades of data on U.S. economic and military aid, Aiding and Abetting explores whether foreign aid does more harm than good. Jessica Trisko Darden challenges long-standing ideas about aid and its consequences, and highlights key patterns in the relationship...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in Fierce Enigmas, this should not surprise us. For 230 years, America's engagement with India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been characterized by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Haiti's state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise and not a single elected leader holds office, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti's infrastructure and institutions. How did a nation founded on...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An assessment of how Haiti has fared after the 2010 earthquake reveals how the country continues to suffer from poverty, illness, and a broken infrastructure, assessing the factors that prevent aid from reaching people in need.
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