Robert McNamara's Other War: The World Bank and International Development

Patrick Allan Sharma

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2017

Robert McNamara's Other War

The World Bank and International Development

Patrick Allan Sharma

In the series Politics and Culture in Modern America

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293937

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About this book

Robert McNamara's Other War chronicles the former defense secretary's thirteen-year presidency of the World Bank. Using previously unstudied World Bank documents, Patrick Allan Sharma recounts the World Bank's transformation under McNamara and highlights his complex legacy.

Author / Editor information

Patrick Allan Sharma is an attorney in Los Angeles.

Reviews

"Written with energy and clarity, Robert McNamara's Other War illuminates the policies and politics of the World Bank in a critical period of transformation under McNamara's defining presidency. Patrick Sharma explains how McNamara drastically changed the Bank and, in the process, was a seminal figure in the history of development, international institutions, and the international history of the 1970s."—David Ekbladh, Tufts University

"Robert McNamara's Other War reconstructs a pivotal phase in McNamara's career—a phase that is only now coming into focus for historians. Sharma has done groundbreaking historical work, making significant contributions to scholarship and displaying impressive command of economics and finance."—Daniel Sargent, University of California, Berkeley

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. An Unlikely World Banker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. Modernizing the Bank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Chapter 3. Developing Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Chapter 4. Global Shocks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 5. Navigating Turbulence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Chapter 6. Fighting Poverty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 7. The Birth of Structural Adjustment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 11 illus.
Keywords: American History; Public Policy; American Studies; Human Rights; Law; Political Science

eBook

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9780812293937