Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War AmericaBecause it provided the dominant framework for development of poor, postcolonial countries, modernization theory ranks among the most important constructs of twentieth century social science. In Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America Nils Gilman offers the first intellectual history of a movement that has had far reaching and often unintended consequences. After a survey of the theory's origins and its role in forming