Modernization as ideology : American social science and "nation building" in the Kennedy era /
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.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2000.
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ISBN: | 0807860794 9780807860793 0807825336 9780807825334 |
Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index. |
Language Note: | English. |
Series: | New Cold War history.
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