Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor: American Economic Development Policy Toward the Arab

by Nathan Godfried

Overview

A very welcome addition to the largely scarce literature on the history of Middle Eastern-US relations in the area of economic development. Choice

Although the United States' economic relations with the Third World have gone through various phases as political and fiscal conditions have shifted, Dr. Godfried contends that the main policy outlines established in the Middle East in the 1940s have dominated the American approach to Third World development ever since. His careful analysis of the issue traces the U.S. role in the North-South conflict over economic development and shows how U.S. development policy evolved during and after World War II, with particular reference to the Arab Middle East.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313256486
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/05/1987
Series:	Contributions in Economics and Economic History , #75
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1510L (what's this?)

About the Author

NATHAN GODFRIED has contributed articles on economic development, labor, and other Third World issues to jourbanals of history and political economy.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Prologue
Economic Development As A Postwar Goal
Reconstruction versus Development: 1946-1949
Reconstruction versus Development: Financial and Technical Aid
America's Development Policy and the Arab East: 1942-1949
Arab East Development and the United States, 1942-1949: Case Studies
Epilogue: The United States and Thirld World Development
Appendix I
Bibliography