The prosperity agenda : what the world wants from America--and what we need in return / Nancy Soderberg and Brian Katulis.

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

E902 .S63 2008

9780470105290 (cloth)
0470105291 (cloth)

xi, 260 pages ; 25 cm

(OCoLC)191023951

"Following the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, the Bush administration pledged more than $500 million for earthquake relief and sent American helicopters and soldiers to help. Immediately afterward, polls showed that the number of Pakistanis with a favorable opinion of the United States had doubled to more than 46 percent. The Prosperity Agenda argues that this may be the best foreign policy moment of the entire Bush administration - at the cost of what we spend in Iraq every day - and should become a model for future action." "The Prosperity Agenda embraces a new and compelling strategy for overcoming that problem and dealing with the world. Giving money, weapons, and loans with lots of strings attached doesn't do it. But handing out vaccines, disaster relief, and $100 laptops does. Working to improve the basic lives of people will, in the end, help defeat terrorism, increase America's leverage against its enemies, weaken dictatorships, and, most importantly, save the lives of millions."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.

Online version: Soderberg, Nancy E., 1958- Prosperity agenda. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2008 (OCoLC)609308304

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