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The hungry world : America's Cold War battle against poverty in Asia /

Food was a critical front in the Cold War battle for Asia. "Where Communism goes, hunger follows" was the slogan of American nation builders who fanned out into the countryside to divert rivers, remodel villages, and introduce tractors, chemicals, and genes to multiply the crops consumed b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cullather, Nick, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2010
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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