PERIODICALS
FOREIGN POLICY & DEFENSE
Shortly after World War 11, Eberstadt explains, President Harry Tru- man initiated "development assistance," designed to promote eco-nomic self-sufficiency in poor countries overseas. The World Bank, beginning in 1946, was set up to "facilitate investment for productive purposes" in countries needing an industrial base. Even the United Na- tion's Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA) was limited to pro- viding only "immediate...