Explain and Evaluate the Eisenhower Administration's Perception of and Response

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Essay

Explain and evaluate the Eisenhower administration's perception of and response to nationalist movements in the Third World. Pay particular attention to the administration's response to Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán and Gamal Abdul Nasser.

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Definitions:

Capital Projects

Large-scale investment projects that are undertaken by organizations or governments, which usually have a long-term impact on the economy.

Functional Finance

Functional finance is a theoretical approach to fiscal policy which holds that government budgets should be primarily evaluated on their effects on the economy rather than on principles of borrowing and debt.

Federal Budget

The annual financial statement presenting the government's proposed revenues and spending for a financial year.

Crowding In

An economic situation where increased government spending leads to an increase in private sector investment.