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The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895

By: Jerald A. Combs,Jessica Elkind

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The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895

By: Jerald A. Combs,Jessica Elkind

Now in its fifth edition, this volume offers a clear, concise, and nuanced history of U.S. foreign relations since the Spanish–American War and places that narrative within the context of the most influential historiographical trends and debates. The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895 includes both revised and new sections that incorporate insights from recent scholarship on the United States in the world. These sections devote more attention to the international framework as well as the domestic constraints under which American foreign policymakers operated. This edition also emphasizes the role of non-state actors such as missionaries, aid workers, activists, and business leaders in shaping policies and contributing to international relations. As a result, the text considers a broader and more diverse range of people and voices than many other histories of U.S. foreign policy. Expanded final chapters bring the story of U.S. foreign relations to the present and explore some of the contemporary challenges facing American and global leaders, including terrorism, the effects of climate change, China’s increasing influence, and globalization. Updated controversial issues sections and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter reflect important contributions from new studies. This engaging text is an invaluable resource for students interested in the history of American foreign policy and international relations.

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Aid Under Fire

Nation Building and the Vietnam War

By: Jessica Elkind

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Aid Under Fire

Nation Building and the Vietnam War

By: Jessica Elkind

In the aftermath of World War II, as longstanding empires collapsed and former colonies struggled for independence, the United States employed new diplomatic tools to counter unprecedented challenges to its interests across the globe. Among the most important new foreign policy strategies was development assistance -- the attempt to strengthen alliances by providing technology, financial aid, and administrators to fledgling states in order to disseminate and inculcate American values and practices in local populations. While the US implemented development programs in several nations, nowhere were these policies more significant than in Vietnam. In Aid Under Fire, Jessica Elkind examines US nation-building efforts in the fledgling South Vietnamese state during the decade preceding the full-scale ground war. Based on American and Vietnamese archival sources as well as on interviews with numerous aid workers, this study vividly demonstrates how civilians from the official US aid agency as well as several nongovernmental organizations implemented nearly every component of nonmilitary assistance given to South Vietnam during this period, including public and police administration, agricultural development, education, and public health. However, despite the sincerity of American efforts, most Vietnamese citizens understood US-sponsored programs to be little more than a continuation of previous attempts by foreign powers to dominate their homeland. Elkind convincingly argues that, instead of reexamining their core assumptions or altering their approach as the violence in the region escalated, US policymakers and aid workers only strengthened their commitment to nation building, increasingly modifying their development goals to support counterinsurgency efforts. Aid Under Fire highlights the important role played by nonstate actors in advancing US policies and reveals in stark terms the limits of American power and influence during the period widely considered to be the apex of US supremacy in the world.

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0813167167

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Plugged In

How Media Attract and Affect Youth

By: Patti M. Valkenburg,Jessica Taylor Piotrowski

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Plugged In

How Media Attract and Affect Youth

By: Patti M. Valkenburg,Jessica Taylor Piotrowski

An illuminating study of the complex relationship between children and media in the digital age Now, as never before, young people are surrounded by media—thanks to the sophistication and portability of the technology that puts it literally in the palms of their hands. Drawing on data and empirical research that cross many fields and continents, authors Valkenburg and Piotrowski examine the role of media in the lives of children from birth through adolescence, addressing the complex issues of how media affect the young and what adults can do to encourage responsible use in an age of selfies, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. This important study looks at both the sunny and the dark side of media use by today’s youth, including why and how their preferences change throughout childhood, whether digital gaming is harmful or helpful, the effects of placing tablets and smartphones in the hands of toddlers, the susceptibility of young people to online advertising, the legitimacy of parental concerns about media multitasking, and more.

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Yale University Press

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0300228090

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Cognitive Therapy Techniques for Children and Adolescents

Tools for Enhancing Practice

By: Robert D. Friedberg,Jessica M. McClure,Jolene Hillwig Garcia

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Cognitive Therapy Techniques for Children and Adolescents

Tools for Enhancing Practice

By: Robert D. Friedberg,Jessica M. McClure,Jolene Hillwig Garcia

Providing a wealth of practical interventions and activities - all organized within a state-of-the-art modular framework - this invaluable book helps child clinicians expand their intervention toolkits. Building on the bestselling Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, which addresses the basics of treatment, Friedberg et. al., in their latest volume, provide additional effective ways for engaging hard-to-reach clients, addressing challenging problems, and targeting particular cognitive and behavioral skills. Fun and productive games, crafts, and other activities are described in step-by-step detail. Special features include over 30 reproducible forms and handouts, which bookbuyers can also download and print from Guilford's website in a convenient full-page size."--Pub. desc.

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1462520073

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EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: In A Contemporary World

By: JESSINA JESSICA MUTHEE

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EDUCATION FOR LEARNERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: In A Contemporary World

By: JESSINA JESSICA MUTHEE

This book is a good resource material for teachers, educational administrators, teacher trainees taking special needs education and university students specializing in special needs education. It also a valuable resource material for teachers dealing with learners with any kind of learning disability in mainstream setups. Parents of children with specific learning disability will find the book useful.Some of the discussed topics are;Historical perspectives of Learning Disabilities, Causes and factors contributing to learning disabilities, Characteristics of persons with learning disabilities, Educational considerations for learners with learning disabilities e.

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Lulu.com

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0359303692

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AP® Psychology All Access Book + Online + Mobile

By: Nancy Fenton,Jessica Flitter

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AP® Psychology All Access Book + Online + Mobile

By: Nancy Fenton,Jessica Flitter

All Access for the AP® Psychology Exam Book + Web + Mobile Revised for the 2015 Exam Everything you need to prepare for the Advanced Placement® exam, in a study system built around you! There are many different ways to prepare for an Advanced Placement® exam. What's best for you depends on how much time you have to study and how comfortable you are with the subject matter. To score your highest, you need a system that can be customized to fit you: your schedule, your learning style, and your current level of knowledge. This book, and the online tools that come with it, will help you personalize your AP® Psychology prep by testing your understanding, pinpointing your weaknesses, and delivering flashcard study materials unique to you. REA's All Access system allows you to create a personalized study plan through three simple steps: targeted review of exam content, assessment of your knowledge, and focused study in the topics where you need the most help. Here's how it works: Review the Book: Study the topics tested on the AP® Psychology exam and learn proven strategies that will help you tackle any question you may see on test day. Test Yourself and Get Feedback: As you review the book, test yourself with 7 end-of-chapter quizzes and 2 mini-tests. Score reports from your free online tests and quizzes give you a fast way to pinpoint what you really know and what you should spend more time studying. Improve Your Score: Armed with your score reports, you can personalize your study plan. Review the parts of the book where you are weakest, and use the REA Study Center to create your own unique e-flashcards, adding to the 100 free cards included with this book. Visit The REA Study Center for a suite of online tools: The best way to personalize your study plan is to get frequent feedback on what you know and what you don't. At the online REA Study Center, you can access three types of assessment: topic-level quizzes, mini-tests, and a full-length practice test. Each of these tools provides true-to-format questions and delivers a detailed score report that follows the topics set by the College Board®. Topic Level Quizzes: Short, 15-minute quizzes are available throughout the review and test your immediate understanding of the topics just covered. Mini-Tests: Two online mini-tests cover what you've studied in each half of the book. These tests are like the actual AP® Psychology exam, only shorter, and will help you evaluate your overall understanding of the subject. Full-Length Practice Test: After you've finished reviewing the book, take our full-length practice exam to practice under test-day conditions. Available both in this book and online, this test gives you the most complete picture of your strengths and weaknesses. We strongly recommend that you take the online version of the exam for the added benefits of timed testing, automatic scoring, and a detailed score report. Improving Your Score with e-Flashcards: With your score reports from the quizzes and tests, you'll be able to see exactly which AP® Psychology topics you need to review. Use this information to create your own flashcards for the areas where you are weak. And, because you will create these flashcards through the REA Study Center, you can access them from any computer or smartphone. REA's All Access test prep is a must-have for students taking the AP® Psychology exam!

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Research & Education Assoc.

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0738686123

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Teaching

Making a Difference

By: Rick Churchill,Tiffani Apps,Jantiena Batt,Karley Beckman,Peter Grainger,Jessica Holloway,Amanda Keddie,Will Letts,Jennu Mackay,Michelle McGill,Julianne Moss,Michael C. Nagel,Kylie Shaw,Jessa Rogers

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Teaching

Making a Difference

The sixth edition of Teaching: Making A Difference stands as a cornerstone resource for pre-service educators seeking a comprehensive, contemporary, and accessible introduction to the field of teaching. Through its meticulous attention to accuracy and relevance, this text offers students the possibility to engage with the latest initiatives and governmental mandates shaping educational landscapes. Local case studies woven throughout each chapter serve as illuminating exemplars of current best practices, addressing the diverse cultural challenges confronting modern society. With its blend of theoretical insight and practical application, this textbook equips aspiring teachers with the essential knowledge and skills needed to make a meaningful impact in today's classrooms.

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139426724X

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Cauldron of Resistance

Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam

By: Jessica M. Chapman

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Cauldron of Resistance

Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam

By: Jessica M. Chapman

In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and provided substantial economic aid and advice to the RVN. Because of this, Diem is often viewed as a mere puppet of the United States, in service of its Cold War geopolitical strategy. That narrative, Jessica M. Chapman contends in Cauldron of Resistance, grossly oversimplifies the complexity of South Vietnam's domestic politics and, indeed, Diem's own political savvy. Based on extensive work in Vietnamese, French, and American archives, Chapman offers a detailed account of three crucial years, 1953–1956, during which a new Vietnamese political order was established in the south. It is, in large part, a history of Diem's political ascent as he managed to subdue the former Emperor Bao Dai, the armed Hoa Hao and Cao Dai religious organizations, and the Binh Xuyen crime organization. It is also an unparalleled account of these same outcast political powers, forces that would reemerge as destabilizing political and military actors in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chapman shows Diem to be an engaged leader whose personalist ideology influenced his vision for the new South Vietnamese state, but also shaped the policies that would spell his demise. Washington's support for Diem because of his staunch anticommunism encouraged him to employ oppressive measures to suppress dissent, thereby contributing to the alienation of his constituency, and helped inspire the organized opposition to his government that would emerge by the late 1950s and eventually lead to the Vietnam War.

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Cornell University Press

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0801467403

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Virtual Teams

People Working Across Boundaries with Technology

By: Jessica Lipnack,Jeffrey Stamps

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Virtual Teams

People Working Across Boundaries with Technology

By: Jessica Lipnack,Jeffrey Stamps

Praise for the First Edition of Virtual Teams "If you want to see where organizational communications are going in the future, heed what these pioneers have written today." —Howard Rheingold, author, The Virtual Community, and founder, Electric Mind "Lipnack and Stamps have written an important book for the twenty-first-century corporation." —Regis McKenna, The McKenna Group, author, Relationship Marketing "This book provides a long overdue perspective on how to apply the discipline of real teams in the fast-moving, increasingly dispersed information age of the future." —Jon R. Katzenbach, author, The Wisdom of Teams "For those who want to lead the movement, catch up with it, or simply know where it is going, this book is packed with useful information and interesting stories." —Dee W. Hock, founder and chairman emeritus, VISA "Virtual Teams provides valuable insights into global teamwork and management through network technologies now available to all companies, large or small." —Jim Lynch, director, corporate quality, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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0470438959

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Home Sweet Organized Home

Declutter & Organize Your Busy Family

By: Jessica Litman

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Home Sweet Organized Home

Declutter & Organize Your Busy Family

By: Jessica Litman

Get organized, declutter, and find more calm in your days with this accessible, step-by-step guide to lasting order in your home sweet home. Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious about the clutter in your home? Have you spent countless hours organizing your home only to find it all destroyed in a matter of seconds? Does it seem like you will never get organized enough? Keeping order in your home can feel like a daunting and never-ending task, especially when you have little ones, but with Home Sweet Organized Home, you will be able to declutter your home easily and maintain lasting order in your sacred space. Jessica Litman, the mama, organizing expert, and creator behind The Organized Mama will help you optimize and maintain order in your home, so you can find more calm in your everyday life. Her practical organizing and decorating advice will make it simpler for you to keep your space exactly how you like it. Each chapter offers a step-by-step guide to organize a single room in your home—from your bedroom closet to your junk drawer to your kids’ rooms and toys—you will learn how to keep it all tidy. Have a stress-free and clutter-free home. In Home Sweet Organized Home, you will: Learn how to easily keep lasting order in your home. Tackle toy clutter and kid spaces. Use realistic tips to create a home that is welcoming. Beautify your space so it always feels fresh and calm. Find ways to keep yourself motivated and tricks to help you feel more at ease. Transform your space and your life with this guide to a cozy and peaceful home. Now more than ever, the idea of “home” is incredibly important. Home is not only where the heart is, but it has also transformed into a school, workplace, and self-care sanctuary. The Inspiring Home series explores how to expertly feather your nest and create spaces for you and your family that are both purposeful and cozy. Learn how to get every family member organized even when everyone is on different schedules, find the balance between great design and helpful function in every room of the house, and update and upgrade your spaces to the latest trends without breaking the bank. With amazing style suggestions and spot-on tips from experts in the home design and organization fields, the Inspiring Home series will have you living the luxe life faster than you can say “accent wall.” Also in this series: Blissful Nest and Simply Spaced.

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Rock Point

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0760373418

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The Danish Way of Parenting

What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

By: Jessica Joelle Alexander,Iben Sandahl

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The Danish Way of Parenting

What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

By: Jessica Joelle Alexander,Iben Sandahl

International bestseller As seen in The Wall Street Journal--from free play to cozy together time, discover the parenting secrets of the happiest people in the world What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and how do Danish parents raise happy, confident, successful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical book presents six essential principles, which spell out P-A-R-E-N-T: Play is essential for development and well-being. Authenticity fosters trust and an "inner compass." Reframing helps kids cope with setbacks and look on the bright side. Empathy allows us to act with kindness toward others. No ultimatums means no power struggles, lines in the sand, or resentment. Togetherness is a way to celebrate family time, on special occasions and every day. The Danes call this hygge--and it's a fun, cozy way to foster closeness. Preparing meals together, playing favorite games, and sharing other family traditions are all hygge. (Cell phones, bickering, and complaining are not!) With illuminating examples and simple yet powerful advice, The Danish Way of Parenting will help parents from all walks of life raise the happiest, most well-adjusted kids in the world.

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Penguin

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1101992972

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Remaking the World

Decolonization and the Cold War

By: Jessica M. Chapman

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Remaking the World

Decolonization and the Cold War

By: Jessica M. Chapman

Between 1945 and 1965, more than fifty nations declared their independence from colonial rule. At the height of the Cold War, the global process of decolonization complicated US-Soviet relations, while Soviet and American interventionism transformed the decolonizing process. Remaking the World examines the connections between the Cold War and decolonization. Through six carefully selected case studies—India, Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, Angola, and Iran—historian Jessica M. Chapman addresses the shifting of Soviet, American, Chinese, and Cuban policies, the centrality of modernization, the role of the United Nations, the influence of regional actors like Israel and South Africa, and seminal post–Vietnam War shifts in the international system. Each case study analyzes at least one geopolitical turning point, demonstrating that the Cold War and decolonization were mutually constitutive processes in which local, national, and regional developments altered the superpower competition. Chapman presents the complexities of international relations and the ways in which local communist and democratic movements differed from their Soviet and American ties, as did their visions for independence and success.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813197503

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9780813197500

Divorcing with Children

Expert Answers to Tough Questions from Parents and Children

By: Jessica G. Lippman,Paddy Greenwall Lewis

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Divorcing with Children

Expert Answers to Tough Questions from Parents and Children

By: Jessica G. Lippman,Paddy Greenwall Lewis

It's a sad reality but one we must face and understand for the children's sake. Each year, hundreds of thousands of parents separate or divorce, and their marital breakdown is most often heartbreaking, mystifying, and painful for their children. The youngsters, regardless of age, may or may not get honest, open explanations. They may or may not understand. Reasons for the breakdown aside, it is a loss for the children, something to grieve. Many parents make it more difficult by putting the children in the middle, or telling them things to alienate them against the other parent. The children learn poor lessons that can last a lifetime and affect their own future relationships. This book is for separated, divorcing, and divorced parents who want to minimize or remove the fallout for the kids. Those just contemplating separation or divorce will find this text of great help in enabling them to be proactive, set a plan to avoid possible problems, and to deal with those that will inevitably surface. Therapists Lippman and Lewis share with us the beneficial experience and positive lessons discovered in their decades working with men, women, and children to navigate divorce and still keep the security, stability, and emotional health of the children intact. Vignettes from and interviews with parents, children, and other therapists are included, and the tragic story of broken marriage is told through letters from mothers, fathers, children, and grandparents, and through the authors' answers to those letters. The responses highlight strong needs and sound approaches, to empower good times and help families face, deal with, then minimize the bad. Topics addressed include when and how to tell the children, moving out, setting schedules and visits, the need for flexibility, handling anger and frustration and assuring it does not get directed at the children, communicating, avoiding secrets, and maintaining relationships with grandparents and other relatives. At the core of this book lies one simple truth: though adult relationships may change, the love for children remains constant. Here, Lippman and Lewis educate us—in mind and heart—about how to best love and nurture our children during what can be one of the deepest losses they will face in their lifetimes.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313087350

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9780313087356

Lacy Eye

A Novel

By: Jessica Treadway

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Lacy Eye

A Novel

By: Jessica Treadway

A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter. Hanna and Joe send their awkward daughter Dawn off to college hoping that she will finally "come into her own." When she brings her new boyfriend, Rud, to her sister's wedding, her parents try to suppress their troubling impressions of him for Dawn's sake. Not long after, Hanna and Joe suffer a savage attack at home, resulting in Joe's death and Hanna's severe injury and memory loss. Rud is convicted of the crime, and the community speculates that Dawn may also have been involved. When Rud wins an appeal and Dawn returns to live in the family home, Hanna resolves to recall that traumatic night so she can testify in the retrial, exonerate her daughter, and keep her husband's murderer in jail. But as those memories resurface, Hanna faces the question of whether she knows her own daughter-and whether she ever did.

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Hachette+ORM

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1455554065

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The Age of the Network

Organizing Principles for the 21st Century

By: Jessica Lipnack,Jeffrey Stamps

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The Age of the Network

Organizing Principles for the 21st Century

By: Jessica Lipnack,Jeffrey Stamps

The Age of the Network offers leaders, managers, and teams a new, practical view of how to think about their companies and reinvent them without losing the value and knowledge that's embedded in their current organization. The Age of the Network delivers a rich array of advice and insights for starting the vital process of creating a networked enterprise. Lipnack and Stamps show managers how to focus on five essential team net (networks of teams) principles which include establishing a clear purpose and creating communication links. Next, they offer a guided tour describing how organizations can turn these principles into practice and evaluate their real potential for creating a networked organization.

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0939246716

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Aid Under Fire

Nation Building and the Vietnam War

By: Jessica Elkind

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Nation Building and the Vietnam War

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The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895

By: Jerald A. Combs,Jessica Elkind

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The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895

By: Jerald A. Combs,Jessica Elkind

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Aid Under Fire

Nation Building and the Vietnam War

By: Jessica Breiteneicher Elkind

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Aid Under Fire

Nation Building and the Vietnam War

By: Jessica Breiteneicher Elkind

In the aftermath of World War II, as longstanding empires collapsed and former colonies struggled for independence, the US employed new diplomatic tools to counter challenges to its interests across the globe. Among the most important new strategies was development assistance-the attempt to strengthen alliances by providing technology, financial aid, and administrators to fledgling states in order to disseminate and inculcate American practices in local populations. While the US implemented development programs in several nations, nowhere were these policies more significant than in Vietnam. In Aid Under Fire, Jessica Elkind examines US nation-building efforts in the South Vietnamese state during the decade before the ground war. Based on archival sources and interviews with aid workers, this study demonstrates how the official US aid agency as well as several nongovernmental organizations implemented nearly every component of nonmilitary assistance given to South Vietnam, including public and police administration, agricultural development, education, and public health. Despite the sincerity of American efforts, most Vietnamese citizens understood them to be little more than a continuation of attempts by foreign powers to dominate their homeland. Elkind argues that, instead of reexamining their core assumptions or their approach as violence in the region escalated, US policymakers and aid workers only strengthened their commitment to nation building, increasingly modifying their goals to support counterinsurgency efforts. Aid Under Fire highlights the important role played by nonstate actors in advancing US policies and reveals in stark terms the limits of American power and influence during the period widely considered to be the apex of US supremacy in the world."--Provided by publisher.

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