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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Example This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then you redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return per year and that the Fund's operating expenses remained the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends [and other distributions]. If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher. Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). 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The Fund is not designed for investors who need an assured level of current income. The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment. The Fund is not a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. Investors should carefully consider their own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:</p><p><b>Market Risk</b></p><p>Since this Fund invests most of its assets in stocks, it is subject to stock market risk. Market risk involves the possibility that the value of the Fund&#8217;s investments in stocks of a particular country will vary from day to day in response to the activities of individual companies, as well as general market, regulatory, political and economic conditions of that country. From time to time, certain securities held by the Fund may have limited marketability and may be difficult to sell at favorable times or prices. If the Fund is forced to sell such securities to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the Fund may have to sell them at a loss.</p><p><b>Equity Securities Risk</b></p><p>Equity securities generally are subject to market risk. The Fund&#8217;s investments in equity securities may include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stocks, rights, warrants and depository receipts. Such investments may expose the Fund to additional risks.</p><p>Common stock generally is subordinate to preferred stock upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company. Preferred stocks and convertible securities are sensitive to movements in interest rates. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the credit standing of the issuer may have an effect on the convertible securities&#8217; investment value. Investments in rights and warrants may be more speculative than certain other types of investments because rights and warrants do not carry with them dividend or voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, or any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, the value of a right or a warrant does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and a right or a warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date. Depository receipts are subject to certain of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities,</p><p><b>Foreign Investing Risk</b></p><p>Oversees investing caries potential risks not associated with domestic investments. Such risks include, but are not limited to: (1) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (2) political and financial instability, (3) less liquidity and greater volatility, (4) lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, (5) increased price volatility; (6) less government regulation and supervision of foreign stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies; and (7) delays in transaction settlement in some foreign markets.</p><p><b>Market Timing Risk</b></p><p>Because the Fund invests in foreign securities, it is particularly subject to the risk of market timing activities. The Fund generally prices foreign securities using their closing prices from the foreign markets in which they trade, typically prior to the Fund&#8217;s determination of its net asset value. These prices may be affected by events that occur after the close of a foreign market but before the Fund prices its shares. In such instances, the Fund may fair value foreign securities. However, some investors may engage in frequent short-term trading in the Fund to take advantage of any price differentials that may be reflected in the net asset value of the Fund&#8217;s shares. There is no assurance that fair valuation of securities can reduce or eliminate market timing. While the Manager monitors trading in Fund shares, there is no guarantee that it can detect all market timing activities.</p><p><b>Emerging Markets Risk</b></p><p>The risks of foreign investing mentioned above are heightened when investing in emerging markets. 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The table shows how the Fund&#8217;s performance compares to a broad-based market index and the Lipper Emerging Markets Funds Index, a composite of mutual funds comparable to the Fund.</p><p>The chart and the table below show the performance of the Fund&#8217;s Institutional Class shares for all periods. The Fund began offering Y Class shares on March 1, 2010, A Class shares on May 17, 2010 and C Class shares on September 1, 2010. In the table below, the performance of the Institutional Class shares is shown for Y Class shares and the performance of the Investor Class shares is shown for A Class and C Class shares, prior to the dates such newer classes were first offered. In each case, the older share classes would have had similar annual returns to the newer share classes because the shares are invested in the same portfolio securities. However, because the older classes had lower expenses, its performance was better than the new classes would have realized in the same period. 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American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund (Class A, C, Institutional, Y and Investor) Class A, C, Institutional, Y and InvestorUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrueColumnprimaryElement*RowperiodPeriod*Rowdei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxisAxis*Rowrr_PerformanceMeasureAxisAxis*Rowdei_LegalEntityAxisAxis*Rowrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisAxis*RowunitUnit*falsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringContains a command for the SEC Viewer for the role corresponding to PerformanceTableData.No authoritative reference available.falsefalsePerformance [Table]1<i>After-tax returns are shown only for Institutional Class shares; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. If you hold your Fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as an IRA or a 401(k), the after-tax returns do not apply to your situation.</i>128Risk/Return Summary - American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund (Class A, C, Institutional, Y and Investor) (American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund, Class A, C, Institutional, Y and Investor)UnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue