####Values are in constant dollars (adjusted for inflation). Part of 1976 omitted, "fiscal year" months changed.####
###Data Source:### https://explore.data.gov/Foreign-Commerce-and-Aid/U-S-Overseas-Loans-and-Grants-Greenbook-/5gah-bvex This data set contains the amount of US Dollars spent on military foreign aid, per country, for each year (1947-2011) The dataset has been altered in the following ways: Converted to .json, added the total foreign aid from all countries for a given year, and added 3 letter country codes for geospacial mapping references. JSON structure: {foregin aid[year,total_aid,countries{country name, country code, foreign aid received}]} I chose this data to visualize because it gives insight as to the US's rapidly changing policy on foreign aid for the past 60 years. Also, being able to visually see which countries are receiving the most money is informative as to the country's affairs of that year.
###Guide:### (1) Users will either start at the right sidebar, to see the the top countries for the initial year, 1947 or (2) choose a year from the bottom bar by hovering over the timeline, followed by step 1.
###Technique:### Upon choosing a year from the timeline (context of all years), the country list will populate, ordered by aid amount. Countries will be colored relative to that current year. Blue countries are lowest relative to that year, and green is the highest. IE: in 2011, Afghanistan received the most aid, so it it pure green. In 1947, Taiwan received the most aid, so it is pure green. I chose to do it this way, as opposed to being relative to all-time values because the money given in 1947, even with inflation, was far less than today's aid, making those years seem to have nearly no data. All the countries would be blue for low aid years.
###Learning Outcomes:### I learned about which countries have been receiving lots of money from us for long periods of time. For example, Egypt has been amongst the top receiving countries for nearly three decades. You can see the results from prolonged wars, but the countires that continue to receive military foreign aid from the US without conflict is personally, a bit concerning–especially countries with which our governments are at odds with, such as Russia.