Originally published in 1979 Imperialism, Intervention and Development provides an introduction to key issues in international politics in the post-World War II era. The emphasis is on conflict particularly the confrontation between East and West and the contention between rich industrialised nations and the poor developing nations. The book debates the causes of Western intervention, expansion and counter-revolution in the Third World and the consequences of that intervention for economic development. The spectrum and depth of the articles is both comprehensive and varied, including examples of mainstream academic perspectives on the issues examined, incorporating many of the radical critiques of these mainstream approaches. Other more basic material, presupposing little prior knowledge in the field is concerned is also included.
Part I: Imperialism and Intervention
1. Introduction Section I:
Decolonisation
2. Introduction
3. Anticolonial Nationalism and Western
Response
4. Decolonisation Section II: The Cold War and Imperialism
5.
Introduction
6. The Cold War and the Korean War
7. Did Anyone Start the Cold
War? Section III: Counterrevolution and Revolt in the Third World
8.
Introduction
9. Patterns of Intervention
10. Counterinsurgency in the Third
World: Theory and Practice Part IV: Intervention and the Economic Imperatives
of Capitalism
11. Introduction
12. Scarce Resources: The Dynamic of American
Imperialism
13. Foreign Expansion as an Institutional Necessity for
Corporate Capitalism
14. Does the U.S. Require Imperialism? Part II:
Imperialism and Development
15. Introduction Section V: Inside the Third
World
16. Introduction
17. Social Perspectives
18. The Causes of Poverty: A
Classification
19. The Rational Choice Section VI: Third World Poverty and
the West
20. Introduction
21. The Radical Theory of Development
22. Radical
Theories of Development: An Assessment
23. Outwitting the Developed
Countries Section VII: The World Population/Food Crisis
24. Introduction
25.
How Poverty Breeds Overpopulation
26. The Reproduction Function
27. Era of
Agricultural Scarcity Looms
28. Patriarchy is Alive and Well Section VIII:
Chinas Developmental Approach
29. Introduction
30. The Chinese Approach to
Development
31. Chinas Relevance for Third World Development
Andrew Mack, David Plant, Ursula Doyle
