I’m curious about how technology developed in the USSR during the Cold War, and the differences in how engineering projects were managed. Has anyone seen a good resource for this?
my masters thesis was a comparison of Soviet vs US development aid given to Afghanistan in the 50's and 60's. I had a real hard time finding information on Soviet development practices. But here are some sources I found
Ekbladh, David, “Mr. TVA”: Grass-Roots Development, David Lilienthal, and the Rise and Fall of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a Symbol for U.S. Overseas Development, 1933, Diplomatic History, 2002, Vol. 26 no. 3. p. 335–374
Gilman, Nils, modernization theory the highest stage of American intellectual history. In: Engerman, D.C., et al, Staging growth: modernization, development, and the Global Cold War. (Amherst 2003)
Goldman, Marshall, I., Soviet Foreign aid since the death of Stalin: progess and problems in Duncan, R.W., Soviet policy in developing countries (Waltham, Massachusetts, 1970)
Kridl Valkenier. Elizabeth, soviet third world relations: ideology, realities and new thinking, Russian history/histoire Russe, 2002, Vol 29 nos. 2-4 p. 499-510
Latham, Michael E., Modernization as ideology: American social science and "nation building" in the Kennedy era (Chapel Hill, 2000)
Rist, Gilbert, The history of development (London etc.. 1997)
Thorbecke, Erik, The evolution of the development doctrine and the role of foreign aide, 1950-2000. In: F. Tarp ed., Foreign aid and development: lessons learned and directions for the future. (New York, 2000) Walters, Robert S., American & Soviet aid: a comparative analysis (Pittsburgh, 1970
Westad, Odd A., The global Cold War: Third World interventions and the making of our times (Cambridge, 2007)
I hope some new books have come out on the subject because it's super fascinating and little studied. But I don't know of any except for this one https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/missionaries-modernity/