The below from Peter Berger, reminds me that re-reading, "The Neoconservative Mind, " by Gary Dorrien, from '93 (he has a newer one from Routledge on the neo-cons as well), he has an excellent chapter on Berger on the Vietnam War and his critique of Maoism and dependency theory in, "Pyramids of Sacrifice."
The Dependency Movement ...offers a devastating analysis of dependency theory that is based on a solid bed of facts, quotations, and citations; and it proceeds to its task of demolition with relentless logic. Every inconsistency, every facile assumption, every unsupported assertion, and every dishonest intellectual dodge employed by the leading dependentistas is brought under Packenham's pitiless microscope...The book should be read widely, not only as a critique...but as a model of how to analyze texts carefully.
--Paul H. Lewis, Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
The definitive work on the subject. It is meticulously precise, eminently fair, and utterly persuasive in its conclusions. Everyone with an interest in Latin America and the whole area of development studies should read it.
--Peter L. Berger, Director, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University