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Foundations of the American Century

The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power

By: Inderjeet Parmar

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Foundations of the American Century

The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power

By: Inderjeet Parmar

Inderjeet Parmar reveals the complex interrelations, shared mindsets, and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony. Focusing on the involvement of the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations in U.S. foreign affairs, Parmar traces the transformation of America from an "isolationist" nation into the world's only superpower, all in the name of benevolent stewardship. Parmar begins in the 1920s with the establishment of these foundations and their system of top-down, elitist, scientific giving, which focused more on managing social, political, and economic change than on solving modern society's structural problems. Consulting rare documents and other archival materials, he recounts how the American intellectuals, academics, and policy makers affiliated with these organizations institutionalized such elitism, which then bled into the machinery of U.S. foreign policy and became regarded as the essence of modernity. America hoped to replace Britain in the role of global hegemon and created the necessary political, ideological, military, and institutional capacity to do so, yet far from being objective, the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations often advanced U.S. interests at the expense of other nations. Incorporating case studies of American philanthropy in Nigeria, Chile, and Indonesia, Parmar boldly exposes the knowledge networks underwriting American dominance in the twentieth century.

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Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

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Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

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This book, first published in 1995, aims to enhance our understanding of the Anglo-American alliance by examining the origins of the alliance during the Second World War. It presents a case study of how power is distributed in British society, and who makes the political decisions that decisively shape the society and world in which we live.

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Foundations of the American Century

The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power

By: Inderjeet Parmar

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The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power

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Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

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Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy

A Comparative Study of the Role and Influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1939-1945

By: I. Parmar

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Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy

A Comparative Study of the Role and Influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1939-1945

By: I. Parmar

What is the role of elites in shaping foreign policy? Did unaccountable foreign policy elites shape the post-1945 world order? Chatham House and the Council on Foreign Relations were vital in America's shift from isolationism to globalism, and in Britain's shift from Empire to its current pro-American orientation and were also fundamental in engineering public backing for a new world order. Inderjeet Parmar presents new evidence to show how well-organized and well-connected elite think tanks helped to change the world.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1403921032

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Foundations of the American Century

Foundations of the American Century

Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

Foundations of the American Century

Foundations of the American Century

Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

Special Interests, the State and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1939–1945

Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy

Think Tanks and Power in Foreign Policy

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