Book Reviews and Notices : Foreign Policy and the Democratic Process. By MAX BELOFF. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 1955. Pp. 134. $3.00.)

• Author: Cheever Cressy
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295600900419
• Date: 01 December 1956
• Published date: 01 December 1956
• Subject Matter: Articles

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when they have become convinced that governmental authorities exercise their power as
a means for their liberation, then they respond with unfailing enthusiasm and loyalty. Left
to themselves, they were easy victims for the clever international swindlers who are buying
men’s souls with empty promises.
Special emphasis is given to EDCOR, the Economic Development
Corps, the Philippine army project, for winning over the rebellious Huks
to a happy existence as self-respecting farmers with land of their very
own. The author, using interviews with ex-Huks, reveals the impact of the
government program, and relates the grievances of the peasants with the
former regime and the reasons for supporting the Communist rebellion.
The EDCOR project in its attack on the Huk campaign was effective first
because it was an idea which put to rout the Communist appeal of &dquo;land
for the landless,&dquo; and second because it was an actual program of land
settlement where democratic communities flourished. The study thereby
gives the reader an insight into the Philippine rural social pattern as it
accommodates itself to change, and demonstrates a successful approach to
the Communist problem applicable in other parts of Southeast Asia.
The publication includes appendices relating the detailed national or-
ganization of the Communist party in the Philippines -
with its numerous
administrative committees, together with the military, educational, and
finance departments. Documentary references and an index conclude the
study.
CECIL HOBBS.
Library of Congress.
Foreign Policy and the Democratic Process. By MAX BELOFF. (Baltimore:
The Johns Hopkins Press. 1955. Pp. 134. $3.00.)
The author is Nuffield Reader in the Comparative Study of Institutions
at the University of Oxford and is known widely in the political science
field as a long-time student of both authoritarian and popular governments.
He presents in this brief book his contribution to the Albert Shaw Lectures
on Diplomatic...