The Third World by Celia Gillum https://padlet.com/gillum_cm/hb02rdsy5npb How the US attempted to influence the Third World's political and economic development from 1945-1961 en-us 2017-05-15 11:53:02 UTC 2023-01-20 15:21:48 UTC hello@padlet.com After WWII gillum_cm https://padlet.com/gillum_cm/hb02rdsy5npb/wish/171807370
  • Third world places such as: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East all focused deeply on the threats of communist expansion. 
  • The decolonization of the third world accelerated after WWII
  • Power in the third world was redistributed because a total of 125 countries became independent between 1943-1994
  • New nations were able to:
    • Buy American goods
    • Technology 
    • Strategic raw goods
    • Invite investments 
  • Build cultural ties with the US
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  • 90% of foreign aid was towards the development of new nations 
  • Four point speech by Harry Truman 
    • Put forward the idea of giving aid to poor nations
    • One of the goals of his administration would be to foster “growth of underdeveloped areas"
  • The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) was formed 
    • Goal of this committee was to coordinate aid to the poorest countries
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and an International Monetary Fund
    • Goal of this fund was to lend money to the third world countries that were "war-torn" and help with their development
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  •  “Racial bigotry was ruining our foreign policy” -Dulles
  • Had very stereotypical views towards the people of the third world
  • Saw them as:
    • Dependent
    • Emotional
    • Irrational 
  • Race attitudes and segregation practices helped influence the third world's relations with the US 
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  • There were many nationalists, radicals, and communist challenges 
  • The US directed resources such as: 
    • Foreign aid 
    • Propaganda
    • Development projects 
  • Leaders argued that the third world countries needed more “Western-induced capitalist development and modernization in order to enjoy economic growth, social harmony, and political moderation”
  • Believed third world people wanted modernization and that the American ways were best for them when dealing with:
    • Cooperation among business 
    • Labor 
    • Government 
  • Development projects were launched, which promised: 
    • Economic growth
    • Prosperity 
    • Stability
      • All in hopes to defeat radicalism 
  • Wanted to make the third world abandon neutralism and radical doctrines
    • Directed propaganda at developing nations


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  • Undoubtedly, the third world people wanted to enjoy some of the American ways of life
    • Consumer goods
    • Rock music
    • Economic status
    • Educational opportunities 
  • Benign techniques such as:
    • Air
    • Trade 
    • Cultural relations
      • All proved unsuccessful of getting the third world nations to be on the American side in the Cold War
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