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- catalog abstract "Can--or should--the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World? This question, which reverberates through American foreign policy, is at the heart of Adventures in Chaos. A faltering friendly state, in danger of falling to hostile forces, presents the U.S. with three options: withdraw, bolster the existing government, or try to reform it. Douglas Macdonald defines the circumstances that call these policy options into play, combining an analysis of domestic politics in the U.S., cognitive theories of decision making, and theories of power relations drawn from sociology, economics, and political science. He examines the conditions that promote the reformist option and then explores strategies for improving the success of reformist intervention in the future. In order to identify problems in this policy--and to propose solutions--Macdonald focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China, 1946-1948; the Philippines, 1950-1953; and Vietnam, 1961-1963. Striking similarities in these cases suggest that such policy dilemmas are a function of the global role played by the U.S., especially during the Cold War. Though this role is changing, Macdonald foresees future applications for the lessons his study offers. A challenge to the conventional wisdom on reformist intervention, Adventures in Chaos--through extensive archival research--displays a theoretical and historical depth often lacking in treatments of the subject.".
- catalog contributor b3700101.
- catalog coverage "Asia Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog coverage "China Politics and government 1945-1949.".
- catalog coverage "Philippines Politics and government 1946-1973.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Asia.".
- catalog coverage "Vietnam Politics and government 1945-1975.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Can--or should--the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World? This question, which reverberates through American foreign policy, is at the heart of Adventures in Chaos. A faltering friendly state, in danger of falling to hostile forces, presents the U.S. with three options: withdraw, bolster the existing government, or try to reform it. Douglas Macdonald defines the circumstances that call these policy options into play, combining an analysis of domestic politics in the U.S., cognitive theories of decision making, and theories of power relations drawn from sociology, economics, and political science. He examines the conditions that promote the reformist option and then explores strategies for improving the success of reformist intervention in the future. In order to identify problems in this policy--and to propose solutions--Macdonald focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China, 1946-1948; the Philippines, 1950-1953; and Vietnam, 1961-1963. Striking similarities in these cases suggest that such policy dilemmas are a function of the global role played by the U.S., especially during the Cold War. Though this role is changing, Macdonald foresees future applications for the lessons his study offers. A challenge to the conventional wisdom on reformist intervention, Adventures in Chaos--through extensive archival research--displays a theoretical and historical depth often lacking in treatments of the subject.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. America and the Third World. 1. American Policy toward the Third World. 2. The Politics of Oscillation. 3. The Perils and Paradoxes of Reformist Intervention -- pt. 2. China, 1946-1948. 4. The Marshall Mission, 1946. 5. Reform's Last Hurrah, 1947-1948 -- pt. 3. The Philippines, 1950-1953. 6. Saving the Philippine Republic, 1950-1951. 7. A New Government, despite Washington, 1952-1953 -- pt. 4. Vietnam, 1961-1963. 8. The New Commitment to Diem, 1961. 9. Successes and Failures, 1962-1963 -- Conclusion: Bargaining in Chaos.".
- catalog extent "xi, 361 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Adventures in chaos.".
- catalog identifier "0674005775".
- catalog isFormatOf "Adventures in chaos.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Adventures in chaos.".
- catalog spatial "Asia Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "China Politics and government 1945-1949.".
- catalog spatial "Philippines Politics and government 1946-1973.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Asia.".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam Politics and government 1945-1975.".
- catalog subject "327.7305 20".
- catalog subject "Cold War.".
- catalog subject "E744 .M215 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. America and the Third World. 1. American Policy toward the Third World. 2. The Politics of Oscillation. 3. The Perils and Paradoxes of Reformist Intervention -- pt. 2. China, 1946-1948. 4. The Marshall Mission, 1946. 5. Reform's Last Hurrah, 1947-1948 -- pt. 3. The Philippines, 1950-1953. 6. Saving the Philippine Republic, 1950-1951. 7. A New Government, despite Washington, 1952-1953 -- pt. 4. Vietnam, 1961-1963. 8. The New Commitment to Diem, 1961. 9. Successes and Failures, 1962-1963 -- Conclusion: Bargaining in Chaos.".
- catalog title "Adventures in chaos : American intervention for reform in the Third World / Douglas J. Macdonald.".
- catalog type "text".