The Right Kind of Revolution : : Modernization, Development, and U.S. Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the Present /

The Right Kind of Revolution : : Modernization, Development, and U.S. Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the Present / / Michael E. Latham.

After World War II, a powerful conviction took hold among American intellectuals and policymakers: that the United States could profoundly accelerate and ultimately direct the development of the decolonizing world, serving as a modernizing force around the globe. By accelerating economic growth, pro...

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Latham, Michael E.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2010
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Setting the Foundations: Imperial Ideals, Global War, and Decolonization
  • 2. Take-Off: Modernization and Cold War America
  • 3. Nationalist Encounters: Nehru's India, Nasser's Egypt, and Nkrumah's Ghana
  • 4. Technocratic Faith: From Birth Control to the Green Revolution
  • 5. Counterinsurgency and Repression: Guatemala, South Vietnam, and Iran
  • 6. Modernization under Fire: Alternative Paradigms, Sustainable Development, and the Neoliberal Turn
  • 7. The Ghosts of Modernization: From Cold War Victory to Afghanistan and Iraq
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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