american foreign aid

Traces the history of the Peace Corps, examining the relationship with the Corp and United States government, and describing how various administrations have influenced the volunteer organization's agenda.

Recounts the development and implementation of the Marshall Plan, which was developed to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II, and explores how the plan helped establish the United States as a world power.

Contains articles that provide a variety of perspectives on issues related to foreign aid.

Joel Hafvenstein recounts the year he spent running an American-funded aid program in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, where he found himself trying to help the region's opium farmers make a legal living while helping them forget the former Taliban government, describing how he became caught up in a deadly drug war, dodging bandits in police uniforms and coping with the struggles Afghans live with every day of their lives.