02774nam 2200649 a 450 991045588390332120200520144314.00-8078-6079-4(CKB)111087027915506(EBL)413201(OCoLC)476236174(SSID)ssj0000204662(PQKBManifestationID)11200631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204662(PQKBWorkID)10189800(PQKB)11435229(MiAaPQ)EBC413201(Au-PeEL)EBL413201(CaPaEBR)ebr10041263(EXLCZ)9911108702791550619990603d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrModernization as ideology[electronic resource] American social science and "nation building" in the Kennedy era /Michael E. LathamChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20001 online resource (302 p.)New Cold War historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-4844-1 0-8078-2533-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-268) and index.Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Modernization as Ideology; 2. American Social Science, Modernization Theory, and the Cold War; 3. Modernity, Anticommunism, and the Alliance for Progress; 4. Modernization for Peace; 5. Modernization at War; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A discussion of the intellectual and cultural dimensions of the Cold War, revealing how social science theory helped shape American foreign policy during the Kennedy administration. It demonstrates how the concept of global modernization became a motivating ideology behind policy decisions.New Cold War history.Social sciencesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocial changeDeveloping countriesHistory20th centuryEconomic development projectsVietnamHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations1961-1963Developing countriesEconomic conditionsElectronic books.Social sciencesPolitical aspectsHistoryNationalismHistorySocial changeHistoryEconomic development projectsHistory327.73Latham Michael E147293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455883903321Modernization as ideology516160UNINA