TY - GEN T1 - Aid under fire : nation building and the Vietnam War T2 - Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace. A1 - Elkind, Jessica Breiteneicher, 1976- LA - English PP - Lexington, Kentucky PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2016 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1055356002 AB - "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"-- OP - 294 CN - DS556.9 .E55 2016eb SN - 9780813167176 SN - 0813167175 SN - 9780813167169 SN - 0813167167 SN - 9780813167183 SN - 0813167183 SN - 9780813165837 SN - 0813165830 KW - United States. : Operations Mission to Vietnam. KW - United States. : Operations Mission to Vietnam KW - Nation-building : Vietnam (Republic) KW - Technical assistance, American : Vietnam (Republic) KW - Intercultural communication : Vietnam (Republic) : Case studies. KW - Military assistance, American : Vietnam (Republic) KW - Economic assistance, American : Vietnam (Republic) KW - Vietnam (Republic) : Politics and government. KW - Vietnam (Republic) : Economic conditions. KW - United States : Foreign relations : Vietnam (Republic) KW - Vietnam (Republic) : Foreign relations : United States. KW - Reconstruction d'une nation : Viêt-nam (République) KW - Assistance technique américaine : Viêt-nam (République) KW - Assistance militaire américaine : Viêt-nam (République) KW - Aide économique américaine : Viêt-nam (République) KW - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : Viêt-nam (République) KW - Communication interculturelle : Viêt-nam (République) : Études de cas. KW - HISTORY : Asia : Southeast Asia. KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Economic assistance, American KW - Economic history KW - Intercultural communication KW - Military assistance, American KW - Nation-building KW - Politics and government KW - Technical assistance, American KW - United States KW - Vietnam (Republic) KW - Electronic books. KW - Case studies ER -