The Right Kind of Revolution : Modernization, Development, and U. S. Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the Present.
Latham, Michael E.
The Right Kind of Revolution : Modernization, Development, and U. S. Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the Present. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Intro -- 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.
A critical history of modernization theory in American foreign policy.
9780801460531
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-.
Electronic books.
E840 -- .L38 2011eb
327.7300904
The Right Kind of Revolution : Modernization, Development, and U. S. Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the Present. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Intro -- 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.
A critical history of modernization theory in American foreign policy.
9780801460531
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-.
Electronic books.
E840 -- .L38 2011eb
327.7300904