Review: Guide to American Foreign Relations since 1700
| DOI | 10.1177/002070208403900313 |
| Author | W.T.R. Fox |
| Date | 01 September 1984 |
| Published date | 01 September 1984 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
684
INTERNATIONALJOURNAL
C.
Daniel
and
L.
Bruce
Swanson
Jr
specifically
explore
the
naval
di-
mension.
These
chapters
are
somewhat
disappointing
in
that
they
are
far
too
brief
to
convey
adequately
the complexity
of
these
strategic
re-
lationships. Two
important
points
clearly
emerge,
however:
(I)
that
it
is
premature
to
consider
China
a
'great
power,'
and
(2)
that
the
Soviet
Union
is
considerably
more
fearful
of
China
than one
would
expect,
given
its
clear
military
superiority.
'Regional
competition
between
Beijing
and
Moscow'
is
the
subject
of
part
three.
Following
a
global
overview
by
Robert
A.
Scalapino,
Thomas
W.
Robinson,
Gregory
F.T.
Win,
and
Colin
Legum
examine
competition
in
different
regions
of
the
Third
World,
while
chapters
by
Douglas
T.
Stuart
and
Edgard
Rafael
cover
parts
of
Europe.
These
chapters
are
very
brief
and
selective
in
their
coverage.
In
particular,
Japan
and
South
Asia
are
mentioned
but
sporadically,
which
is
sur-
prising
given
their
prominence
in
Sino-Soviet
competiton.
In
part
four,
Drew
Middleton,
William
V.
Kennedy,
Edward
N.
Luttwak,
and
Jonathan
D.
Pollack
relate
different
projections
of
Sino-
Soviet
relations
during
the
198os
to
Western strategic
policies.
As
one
might
expect,
there
are
major
areas
of
disagreement
among the
con-
tributors,
which
point
to
the
fragility
of
assumptions
of
continued
en-
mity
or
growing
amity
in
Sino-Soviet
relations.
This
is
a
stimulating
book.
Its
principal
weakness
is
the
shortness
of
many
of
the
selections
-
the
average
length
of
the chapters
is
about
twelve
pages!
In
choosing
to
include
so
many
selections,
the
editors
sacrificed
depth
of
analysis.
Nonetheless,
it
is
an excellent
book
-
of
considerable
value
for
the
general
reader and
of
use
as
a
text
in
un-
dergraduate
courses
in
international
politics.
R.C.
Wheeler/University
of
Saskatchewan
GUIDE
TO
AMERICAN
FOREIGN
RELATIONS
SINCE
1700
Edited
by
Richard
Dean
Burns
Santa
Barbara,
CA:
ABC-CLIO,
1982,
xxvi,
131
lpp,
US$135.00
The
Society
for the
Study
of
American
Foreign
Relations
has
spon-
sored and
Richard
Dean
Burns
has
edited
a
guide
to
scholars
in
the
study
of
American foreign
relations
which
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