Global Development: A Cold War History

Sara Lorenzini; Sara Lorenzini

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Global Development

A Cold War History

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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In the Cold War, "development" was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa to Asia and Latin America. In this sweeping and incisive book, Sara Lorenzini provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world.

Taking readers from the aftermath of the Second World War to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, Lorenzini shows how development projects altered local realities, transnational interactions, and even ideas about development itself. She shines new light on the international organizations behind these projects—examining their strategies and priorities and assessing the actual results on the ground—and she also gives voice to the recipients of development aid. Lorenzini shows how the Cold War shaped the global ambitions of development on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and how international organizations promoted an unrealistically harmonious vision of development that did not reflect local and international differences.

An unparalleled journey into the political, intellectual, and economic history of the twentieth century, this book presents a global perspective on Cold War development, demonstrating how its impacts are still being felt today.

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Sara Lorenzini is associate professor of international history in the School of International Studies at the University of Trento in Italy.

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"Sara Lorenzini offers us a fresh take on a well-established field of historical inquiry. . . . This slim volume is the perfect union of concision and capaciousness, and Lorenzini’s keen ability to explain complex historical phenomena in a way that is accessible and engaging will make Global Development an essential read."---Jessica Lynne Pearson, Journal of Modern History --- "[Global Development] provides an impressive new account of the history of international development. . . . An evocative book that, given its range and broad coverage of topics, may become the go-to introductory history of the twentieth-century history of development for some time to come.—Igor Logvinenko, Political Science Quarterly" --- "Global Development is a thorough and accessible account of a very complex and important topic. It is an essential reading that deserves a wide (both scholarly and general) readership and that should be on the shelves of everyone interested in the topic of international development specifically and of the Cold War more generally."---Bence Kocsev, Comparativ --- "

Sara Lorenzini offers a lucid, well written and often insightful narrative on the main global
development concepts and policies between 1945 and 1989.

"---Iris Borowy, Cold War History --- "Through its ambitious exploration across time and space, Global Development has performed an extraordinary feat; it is a book that will be of value to scholars and nonspecialists alike."---Giuliana Chamedes, American Historical Review --- "[A] smart, concise survey of twentieth-century development ideology and practice."---Thomas C. Field Jr., The Middle Ground Journal --- "Lorenzini . . . not interested in praising or denouncing the development enterprise, but rather in historicizing it, considering its origins, how it has changed over time, and how scholars can go about studying it. That alone makes these volumes welcome and timely."---Artemy M. Kalinovsky, Journal of Contemporary History --- "As the best global intellectual and political history of development available, Lorenzini’s book should become the standard assignment in classes on the history of development. . . . It deserves wide readership."---Nils Gilman, H-Diplo --- "In this impressive history, Lorenzini traces the journey of development thinking from its nineteenth-century origins through its entanglements in the great geopolitical struggles of the twentieth century."---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs --- "[Sara] Lorenzini . . . presents an in-depth analysis of the process of global development based on national and regional archives and published sources. . . . This well-researched and illuminating book is an essential contribution to the history of postwar global development."---D. A. Chekki, Choice

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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. Development as an Ideology for Empire
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2. Truman’s Dream
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3. Socialist Modernity and the Birth of the Third World
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4. Western Alternatives for Development in the Global Cold War
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5. The Limits of Bipolarity in the Golden Age of Modernization
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6. International Organizations and Development as a Global Mission
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7. Multiple Modernities and Socialist Alternatives in the 1970s
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8. Resources, Environment, and Development
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9. Responding to the Challenges from the Global South
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10. The Dynamics of the Lost Decade
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Conclusions
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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A NOTE ON THE TYPE
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Keywords for this book

Soviet Union; Aid; Modernity; Development aid; Developed country; Colonialism; Economic development; Third World; Marshall Plan; Ideology; Imperialism; Decolonization; Industrialisation; Eastern Bloc; New International Economic Order; Anti-communism; Economic growth; Socialist state; World Bank; International relations; International organization; Technology; Civilizing mission; Capitalism; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Comecon; Developing country; Anti-imperialism; Modernization theory; World Bank Group; International development; Economist; G77; Development plan; European Economic Community; Latin America; West Germany; Backwardness; League of Nations; Raw material; Infrastructure; Institution; Economy; Gunnar Myrdal; Politics; International community; Agriculture; Communism; Nikita Khrushchev; Foreign policy; United Nations Development Programme; United States Department of State; Political economy; Development economics; Funding; Social science; Rural development; Algeria; Poverty reduction; Western world; Politician; Kwame Nkrumah; Self-determination; Tanzania; Employment; Disarmament; OPEC; World history; Eurafrica; Indochina

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Global Development

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Development as an Ideology for Empire

2. Truman’s Dream

3. Socialist Modernity and the Birth of the Third World

4. Western Alternatives for Development in the Global Cold War

5. The Limits of Bipolarity in the Golden Age of Modernization

6. International Organizations and Development as a Global Mission

7. Multiple Modernities and Socialist Alternatives in the 1970s

8. Resources, Environment, and Development

9. Responding to the Challenges from the Global South

10. The Dynamics of the Lost Decade

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

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