"An Excellent Laboratory": U.S. Foreign Aid in Paraguay, 1942-1954

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dc.contributor.advisorWeisiger, Marshaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcQuilkin, Christopheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T16:15:54Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T16:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-17
dc.description.abstractAfter the United States entered World War II, the nation began a technical assistance program and a military aid program in Paraguay as part of its Latin American foreign policy. The U.S. rooted its technical assistance program in an idealized narrative of U.S. agricultural history, in which land-grant colleges and the agricultural reforms of the New Deal had contributed to prosperity and democracy. The extension of this American Way to other countries would strengthen prosperity, encourage democratic reforms, and prevent fascist and Communist subversion. The U.S. also extended military aid to Paraguay to draw Paraguay's military away from its fascist sympathies. Over the next twelve years, policymakers debated the relationship between technical assistance and military aid, their effects on Paraguay, and their compatibility with U.S. foreign policy. Initially, U.S. policymakers saw the programs as mutually reinforcing. By the mid-1950s, however, the promise of agrarian democracy remained unfulfilled in Paraguay.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18534
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.title"An Excellent Laboratory": U.S. Foreign Aid in Paraguay, 1942-1954en_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Historyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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