Global compassion : private voluntary organizations and U.S. foreign policy since 1939 / Rachel M. McCleary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-223) and index.

Dispelling common perceptions -- World War II : U.S. federal government consolidation and regulation of humanitarian assistance, 1939-45 -- The beginning of the Cold War and the promotion of economic development, 1946-59 -- The internationalization of American aid -- The golden age of PVO-state relations -- Federal decentralization and the militarization of foreign humanitarian aid -- The commercialization of foreign aid.