The monograph examines the problem of shaping the strategy and policy of American assistance to underdeveloped countries in the 1950s. in the context of building a new world order and the Cold War. Particular attention is paid to the role of American interest groups and President D. Eisenhower in the process of making foreign policy decisions. The study is based on archival materials, periodicals, memoirs and scientific literature. For scientists, teachers, as well as everyone interested in the problems of international relations.