Helping Against the Odds: Working Under Pressure in a Troubled and Less-Developed World

by Lou Paris

Helping Against the Odds is historical insight on the work of consultants in the 60s and 70s assigned to projects in developing countries during the turmoil and pressures of the Cold War. The episodes will be of high interest to political historians, diplomatic corps members, university faculties and the reading public in general who are interested in the background of current American foreign affairs in the Middle East.

195 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 2008