{"product_id":"price-of-aid-the-economic-cold-war-in-india-9780674241671","title":"Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A superb, field-changing book...A true classic.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Sunil Amrith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Makes a major contribution towards a necessary discussion of the politics of aid.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDebates over foreign aid are often strangely ahistorical. Economists argue about effectiveness--how to make aid work--while critics bemoan money wasted on corruption, ignoring the fundamentally political character of aid. \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Aid\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the geopolitical calculus underpinning development assistance, and its costs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndia stood at the center of American and Soviet aid competition throughout the Cold War, as both superpowers saw developmental aid as a way of pursuing their geopolitical goals by economic means. Drawing on recently declassified files from seven countries, David Engerman shows how Indian leaders used Cold War competition to win battles at home, eroding the Indian state in the process. As China spends freely in Africa, the political stakes of foreign aid are rising once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A magnificent book. Anyone who seeks to understand contemporary India and its development struggles will have to start here. Engerman's work is not only enlightening, it turns much of what we thought we knew about India, foreign aid, and the Cold War in South Asia upside down.\"\u003cbr\u003e--O. A. Westad, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An outstanding history...Drawing on an unprecedented array of official and private archives in India, Russia, the United States, and Britain, Engerman offers a superb account--one that integrates the ideologies and policies of the superpowers with a sharp analysis of the push-and-pull of policymaking in India. This is a landmark study of independent India as well as the Cold War.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Srinath Raghavan, author of \u003ci\u003eIndia's War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David C. Engerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674241671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEngerman, David C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David C. Engerman is Leitner International Interdisciplinary Professor in the Department of History at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181782855795,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cd454770-e83b-4ce6-ac7d-9ce375b58352.jpg?v=1766931431","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/price-of-aid-the-economic-cold-war-in-india-9780674241671","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}