Us Assistance, Development, and Hierarchy in the Middle East: Aid for Allies

by Anne Mariel Zimmermann

Book Overview

What does US aid "buy" in the Middle East? Drawing on extensive primary source research, this book examines the role and consequences of US aid to three countries in the Middle East. The author argues that the political survival strategies of incumbent leaders in Egypt, Israel, and Jordan shaped not only the type of aid that these countries received from the US, but also its developmental and geopolitical impact. Leaders who relied heavily on distributing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349957011
• ISBN13: 9781349957019
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"