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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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
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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