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Modernization as Ideology
American Social Science and "Nation Building" in the Kennedy Era
Taschenbuch von Michael E. Latham
Sprache: Englisch

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Providing new insight on the intellectual and cultural dimensions of the Cold War, Michael Latham reveals how social science theory helped shape American foreign policy during the Kennedy administration. He shows how, in the midst of America's protracted struggle to contain communism in the developing world, the concept of global modernization moved beyond its beginnings in academia to become a motivating ideology behind policy decisions.

After tracing the rise of modernization theory in American social science, Latham analyzes the way its core assumptions influenced the Kennedy administration's Alliance for Progress with Latin America, the creation of the Peace Corps, and the strategic hamlet program in Vietnam. But as he demonstrates, modernizers went beyond insisting on the relevance of America's experience to the dilemmas faced by impoverished countries. Seeking to accelerate the movement of foreign societies toward a liberal, democratic, and capitalist modernity, Kennedy and his advisers also reiterated a much deeper sense of their own nation's vital strengths and essential benevolence. At the height of the Cold War, Latham argues, modernization recast older ideologies of Manifest Destiny and imperialism.
Providing new insight on the intellectual and cultural dimensions of the Cold War, Michael Latham reveals how social science theory helped shape American foreign policy during the Kennedy administration. He shows how, in the midst of America's protracted struggle to contain communism in the developing world, the concept of global modernization moved beyond its beginnings in academia to become a motivating ideology behind policy decisions.

After tracing the rise of modernization theory in American social science, Latham analyzes the way its core assumptions influenced the Kennedy administration's Alliance for Progress with Latin America, the creation of the Peace Corps, and the strategic hamlet program in Vietnam. But as he demonstrates, modernizers went beyond insisting on the relevance of America's experience to the dilemmas faced by impoverished countries. Seeking to accelerate the movement of foreign societies toward a liberal, democratic, and capitalist modernity, Kennedy and his advisers also reiterated a much deeper sense of their own nation's vital strengths and essential benevolence. At the height of the Cold War, Latham argues, modernization recast older ideologies of Manifest Destiny and imperialism.
Über den Autor
Michael E. Latham is associate professor of history at Fordham University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
ISBN-13: 9780807848449
ISBN-10: 0807848441
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Latham, Michael E.
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Michael E. Latham
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2000
Gewicht: 0,521 kg
preigu-id: 106355144
Über den Autor
Michael E. Latham is associate professor of history at Fordham University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
ISBN-13: 9780807848449
ISBN-10: 0807848441
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Latham, Michael E.
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Michael E. Latham
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2000
Gewicht: 0,521 kg
preigu-id: 106355144
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