This work discusses the 220-year history of the political and humanitarian uses of American food as a tool of both foreign and domestic policy.
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 inves…
The Political History of American Food Aid provides a profound understanding of the complex factors influencing American food aid policy and a foundation for examining its historical relationship with relief, economic development, food security and its possible future in a world…
The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015--income poverty hunger disease exclusion lack of infrastructure and shelter-while promoting gender equali…
The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015--income poverty hunger disease exclusion lack of infrastructure and shelter-while promoting gender equali…
