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The United States and the Third World: The Origins of the Postwar Relations and the Point Four Program
U.S. President Harry Truman reportedly hoped that he would be remembered after fifty years for the Point Four Program. Truman is remembered for many things but the Point Four Program does not raise to the top of most lists. What was it and why is it significant? This new book examines the details of this active instrument of American foreign policy. It provides a thorough study of the methods and means employed in developing this now largely -- forgotten program which was instrumental in helping extend American power abroad.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2000
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March 8, 2018
This is probably the worst non-fiction book I have ever read.
First of all, this is not a book about relations - it‘s mostly about the legislative process of passing the Point Four bill without citing pretty much anyone from the Third World. Which would have been kind of fine, it‘s not like their opinion had any weight in the equation so it could be interpreted as making a statement or whatever. However - it also assumes the reader knows about the process of passing a bill in the US, which I don‘t, so I spent 10 minutes on average on a page, googling if anything about the process is remarkable, which, you know, should have been the job of the author.
I also didn‘t really find any argument the author was trying to make until I reached the summary. All he did was say exactly what happened and it was really hard to follow without any real structure or argument.
Lastly, I‘m not sure this book had an editor, there‘s a lot of grammatical & formal mistakes and at times it honestly felt like it was written by a bot. Basically I was angry a lot reading this book and I would have stopped if I didn‘t desperately need the information and I can‘t imagine anyone honestly reading this.
First of all, this is not a book about relations - it‘s mostly about the legislative process of passing the Point Four bill without citing pretty much anyone from the Third World. Which would have been kind of fine, it‘s not like their opinion had any weight in the equation so it could be interpreted as making a statement or whatever. However - it also assumes the reader knows about the process of passing a bill in the US, which I don‘t, so I spent 10 minutes on average on a page, googling if anything about the process is remarkable, which, you know, should have been the job of the author.
I also didn‘t really find any argument the author was trying to make until I reached the summary. All he did was say exactly what happened and it was really hard to follow without any real structure or argument.
Lastly, I‘m not sure this book had an editor, there‘s a lot of grammatical & formal mistakes and at times it honestly felt like it was written by a bot. Basically I was angry a lot reading this book and I would have stopped if I didn‘t desperately need the information and I can‘t imagine anyone honestly reading this.
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