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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Latham, Michael E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Diplomatic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
International Relations / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1989-
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Setting the foundations : imperial ideals, global war, and decolonization
  • Take-off : modernization and Cold War America
  • Nationalist encounters : Nehru's India, Nasser's Egypt, and Nkrumah's Ghana
  • Technocratic faith : from birth control to the green revolution
  • Counterinsurgency and repression : Guatemala, South Vietnam, and Iran
  • Modernization under fire : alternative paradigms, sustainable development, and the neoliberal turn
  • The ghosts of modernization : from Cold War victory to Afghanistan and Iraq.

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