Which of the Following Is True of Both the Nation-Building

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of both the nation-building program and of counterinsurgency?

• A) These programs were based on the American assumption that the United States model of capitalism and democracy could be successfully transferred to other parts of the world.
• B) Each complimented the other and made it possible to place American aid in the hands of the people of the Third World who most needed that aid.
• C) The two ideas revived faith throughout the Third World that America was the exemplar of freedom and democracy.
• D) These programs drained money from all branches of the armed services, which were already underfunded.

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