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Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order
E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 408 Seiten
Reihe: America in the World
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3374-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xv
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1: The Rise of an American Style of Development, 1914-1937 14
CHAPTER 2: The Only Road for Mankind: "Modernisation" to Meet the Challenge of Totalitarianism, 1933-1944 40
CHAPTER 3: A Gospel of Liberalism: Point Four and Modernization as National Policy, 1943-1952 77
CHAPTER 4: "The Proving Ground": Modernization and U.S. Policy in Northeast Asia, 1945-1960 114
CHAPTER 5: "The Great American Mission": Modernization and the United States in the World, 1952-1960 153
CHAPTER 6: A TVA on the Mekong: Modernization at War in Southeast Asia, 1960-1973 190
CHAPTER 7: "Everything Is Going Wrong": The Crisis of Development and the End of the Postwar Consensus 226
CHAPTER 8: New Developments: From the Cold War to the "War on Terror" 257
Notes 275
Bibliography 337
Index 373