The Influence of the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations on American Foreign Policy: The Ideology of PhilanthropyThis book examines the generally unrecognized role played by the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller foundations in support of United States foreign policy, particularly since 1945. The foundations' efforts on behalf of American interests abroad have focused primarily on their support for a number of institutions of higher education in strategically located Third World nations. These institutions, modeled after foundation-supported American universities, were designed to train Third World leaders in norms that would encourage them—minimally—to assume a posture of neutrality toward American economic and political penetration of their societies. Dr. Berman's study challenges the oft-asserted, but undocumented, thesis of the American political right that these liberal foundations historically have pursued policies detrimental to United States interests. The evidence indicates how foundation policies and programs were formulated after close consultation with leaders of the American corporate sector and government officials, and how their activities were designed to further the objectives determined by those who influence the direction of United States foreign policy. |
Contents
Some Early Foundation Programs | 18 |
On Analyzing the Foundations Hegemony | 26 |
Foundation Managers Their Money and Their Influence | 32 |
United States Foreign Policy and the Evolution of | 41 |
Evolutionary Change versus | 48 |
The Basis for the Foundations Overseas Programs after 1945 | 55 |
Foundation Programs and ForeignPolicy Determination | 62 |
Support for Lead Universities in Developing Nations | 69 |
Forging an Intellectual Network | 96 |
Foreign Area Studies | 99 |
Foundation Influence on Intermediate Organizations | 127 |
Agencies to Coordinate American Universities International | 133 |
Support for Propaganda Organizations | 143 |
Foundation Sponsorship of Independent Research | 152 |
Technocracy Cultural Capital and Foundation Programs | 161 |
Notes | 181 |
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