United States military aid

Main article: United States foreign aid

The United States government first recognized the usefulness of foreign aid as a tool of diplomacy in World War II. It was believed that it would promote liberal capitalist models of development in other countries and that it would enhance national security. Driven by the strategic necessities of a bi-polar world and the Cold War, the United States utilized Foreign aid as a form of hard power to combat Warsaw Pact and Soviet influence and build up allies with a robust economic and military capability able to resist the spread of communism both ideologically and militarily.

The United States is the largest contributor of military aid to foreign countries in the world, with its Department of Defense providing funding and/or American military hardware aid to over 150 countries annually for defense purposes.

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