The political history of American food aid : an uneasy benevolence / Barry Riley.
The political history of American food aid : an uneasy benevolence / Barry Riley.
The political history of American food aid : an uneasy benevolence / Barry Riley.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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G 2020/0657 , G 2019/3393
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English
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Physical content
xxvii, 562 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
The Early Episodes : 1794-1914 -- Herbert Hoover -- "But Now Came Famine and Pestilence" -- Between the Wars -- Interlude : The American Farmer, 1924-1939 -- The Birth, Short Life, and Early Death of the UNRRA -- Harry Truman, European Hunger, and the Cold War -- The Marshall Plan Era -- Publ...
Lyndon Johnson's Food Aid Battles -- LBJ, India, and the Short Tether -- The Nixon Years : Two Case Studies -- A Global Food Crisis -- The World Food Conference -- Food Aid Under Carter and Reagan -- The Search for Food Security -- The Ethiopia Conundrum -- From Food Aid to Food Assistance : 1990-20...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
American food aid to foreigners long has been the most visible--and most popular--means of providing humanitarian aid to millions of hungry people confronted by war, terrorism and natural cataclysms and the resulting threat--often the reality--of famine and death. The book investigates the little-known, not-well-understood and often highly-contenti...
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The political history of American food aid : an uneasy benevolence / Barry Riley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/0657 , G 2019/3393
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74VKVB80qr4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB80qr4Z
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ISBN
0190228873
9780190228873
DDC
363.860973
MMS ID
991024242108502626
