Some Problems of the Physicians on the Navajo Reservation

1957 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Adair ◽  
Kurt Deuschle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Great Increase ◽  
International Health ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Military Bases ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Number Of Factors

Since World War II there has been a great increase in the number of United States medical personnel working in the socalled "underdeveloped" areas of the world. This expansion in the delivery of scientific medicine is caused by a number of factors. Prominent among these are the great increase in military bases in foreign countries, where the doctors and nurses frequently treat native civilian personnel as well as U.S. troops, and to United States participation in international health programs such as the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau, International Cooperation Administration and other technical assistance programs.

Treaty or Travesty?: Legal Issues Surrounding the U.S.- Philippines Military Base Agreement of 1947–1992

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 93-121
Author(s):  
L. Eve Armentrout Ma
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Military Bases ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
World War ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Host Nation ◽  
Do So

AbstractSince the end of World War II, the United States has been foremost in negotiating military bases on foreign soil, and it can be anticipated that it will do so again in the future. In general, these base agreements have had many common elements. Most have allowed the stationing of American troops on foreign soil for a very long period of time, and have involved a certain measure of extraterritoriality. Most have been concluded under conditions of stress for the host country. Often, for example, the host nation has been one that was devastated by war, and was either the recently defeated enemy or the near-prostrate victor. In many cases the host nation was relatively small, economically shaky, and newly independent, fearful of its chances of survival in an unpredictable and often hostile world; and more often than not, the former ruler or territorial administrator was the United States.

Multilateral Technical Assistance

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Mathiasen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Point Four Program

Technical assistance remains a poorly understood tool for promoting development. Programs continue to grow, but persistent questions are raised about their effectiveness by practitioners and academic observers. Today's uncertainty contrasts dramatically with the exuberance which attended the launching of two landmark technical assistance programs, the Point Four Program of the United States and the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance (EPTA) of the United Nations.

Beyond the Map: How to Decolonize the History of US Empire

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-815
Author(s):  
MOLLY GEIDEL
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Military Bases ◽  
Westward Expansion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Us Empire

Daniel Immerwahr's How to Hide an Empire, recently published to much fanfare, takes as its starting point what Immerwahr calls a “conceptual filing error.” Born from his surprise at visiting the Philippines and encountering streets “named after US colleges” and university students speaking “virtually unaccented English,” the book contends that while most people have heard of the “big wars” the United States has waged, “the actual territory” of US empire “often slips from view.” In response to this alleged invisibility, Immerwahr has produced a new popular history of US empire, one focussed on officially annexed US colonies and military bases, as well as the states that lie beyond the “logo map” whose outlines are the continental United States (14–15). The book's first section quickly sketches the story of US westward expansion, mostly through the story of Daniel Boone, then moves on to more satisfying chapters detailing the annexation of the uninhabited Guano Islands, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, as well as the resistance to annexation in the latter two cases; the section ends by recounting World War II battles over Pacific islands. The second half of the book examines the postwar period, contending that the United States “gave up territory” in this period because it “honed an extraordinary suite of technologies,” from screw threads to synthetic rubber, that allowed it to construct a “pointillist empire” of communication and infrastructural networks (17).

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