| CONTENTS |
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Preface
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vi |
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| Chapter 1 THE ROOTS OF HUNGER |
1 |
| Hunger in the Bible |
1 |
| Summary |
8 |
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| Chapter 2 THE ECONOMICS OF HUNGER |
10 |
| Colonialism |
11 |
| Neocolonialism |
12 |
| Aid: Tool of Neocolonialism |
14 |
| Aid: Securing Access to Foreign Markets and Raw Materials |
17 |
| Public Law 480 |
20 |
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| Chapter 3 HUNGER TODAY |
30 |
| Victims and Beneficiaries |
30 |
| Agricultural Exports and the Meaning of Development |
39 |
| Malnutrition and Brazil's "Economic Miracle" |
42 |
| The Consequences of Inappropriate Development |
46 |
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| Chapter 4 UNTITED SATES MILITARY POWER AND THE THIRD WORLD |
56 |
| American Military Policy in a Hungry World |
57 |
| The New Realism |
68 |
| American Military Assistance and Sales: Tools of American Foreign Policy |
69 |
| Summary |
71 |
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| Chapter 5 THE IMPACT OF AMERICAN MILITARY SPENDING AT HOME AND ABROAD |
75 |
| War and the Prosperity Myth |
76 |
| Getting a Piece of the Action |
78 |
| The Unintended Consequences of Military Spending |
82 |
| The Government Response: Recommendations of the Williams Commission |
86 |
| Food Power: The American Response to a Worsening Crisis |
89 |
| The Meaning of Security |
95 |
| The Stronghods of Israel |
96 |
| Summary |
98 |
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| Chapter 6 IS OVERPOPULA THE BIGGEST PROBLEM? |
101 |
| Nonpolitical Population Control? |
102 |
| The Trial |
105 |
| Witnesses for the Prosecution |
106 |
| The Verdict and Sentencing |
111 |
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| Chapter 7 POPULATION CONTROL IN THE THIRD WORLD |
115 |
| A Brief Historical Background of the Problem |
117 |
| Solutions |
121 |
| Motives of American Birth - Control Assistance to Underdeveloped Countries |
129 |
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| Chapter 8 HUNGER AND THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN VALUES |
132 |
| The Crisis at Home: The Shift from Agriculture to Agribusiness |
133 |
| Summary |
155 |
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| Chapter 9 SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS |
158 |
| Development through Self - Relicane |
159 |
| Self - Reliance at Home |
164 |
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| Chapter 10 HUNGER AND THE CRISIS OF FAITH |
181 |
| The Perspective of the Poor |
183 |
| Co - opting Christian Faith |
187 |
| Christian Faith and Social Change |
201 |
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| Notes |
209 |
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| Index |
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