TITLE

The US & the Third World

PUB. DATE

January 1985

SOURCE

Scholastic Update;1/4/85, Vol. 118 Issue 8, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Of the 159 UN members, 127 call themselves Third World nations. These developing countries are vital to the economy and defense of the US, yet US policies toward them have often been confused and contradictory; the US has changed course over and over in its approach to developing countries.

ACCESSION #

8500003717

Tags: DEVELOPING countries

 

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