Many of the World's Nation Do Not Believe in the "Shiney City on the Hill" Foreign Policy/Agenda

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The Ugly American is a book that says essentially that from 1958.

https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-American-Eugene-Burdick/dp/0393356728/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q6529RAKOX8L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.J-fc78uxfKp0S-KlvtWn3UPUCpFXayTBqFqgrKgYF_1ZGLXL6Pm7TCQL_xH_yIYp_SKO3Y0v1kSP2uEs4oc9vqJ9u3VupSS1T2nJ4Cf8W-_8ciDyYTozpsZxHGk6HWqVGCs-rHrPZ1fxxZN2PXwIzv4mVdzW3nH7n4VRsyPlMXeO30Fdn2MycvByC19ga1nOPCeEaPnD2NDvNpt6AyUsnyITnnL6ISbw1GbJ8GcSvR0.aZCfpCpPmH-Wclk414RcTX82clYMHh0RgMgCcoA30bQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+ugly+american+book&qid=1732480222&sprefix=ugly+american%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-1

“You can’t transplant the technology as is, you have to adapt it to the local situation, infrastructure, and customs.”

It’s been a while but as I recall it teaches you can’t transplant Western technology as is to a third world country. They need tools they can use and maintain.