Format:
IX, 246 S.
ISBN:
9780801446047
,
9780801477263
Series Statement:
Cornell paperbacks
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
USA
;
Außenpolitik
;
Geschichte 1945-2011