Book Reviews : Military Occupations and National Security. By MARTIN and JOAN KYRE. (Wash ington, D.C. : Public Affairs Press, 1968. Pp. vi, 198. $6.00.) Garrison Community: A Study of an Overseas American Military Colony. By CHARLOTTE WOLF. (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Cor poration, 1969. Pp. xvi, 324. $13.00.)
| DOI | 10.1177/106591297002300432 |
| Author | George Wolverton |
| Date | 01 December 1970 |
| Published date | 01 December 1970 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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On
the
international
front,
Radway
rejects
the
two
strategic
extremes
that
t
American
foreign
policy
is
often
tempted
to
pursue;
global
interventionism
on
the
one
hand
and
isolationism
on
the
other.
He
displays
sensitivity
toward
the
con-
temporary
problems
that
confront
American
foreign
policy.
To
him,
the
most
urgent
of these
problems
are
the
militarization
of
world
politics,
the
rise
of
the
third
world
and
the
polycentric
nature
of
communism.
Throughout
the
book,
Radway
reiterates
his
faith
that
America’s
liberalism
and
egalitarianism
-
that
he
takes
for
granted
-
will
continue
to
guide
American
foreign
policy
to
the
benefit
of
both
America
and
the
world.
In
spite
of
its
high
quality,
Radway’s
book
falls
prey
to
some
of
the
assump-
tions
that
its
author
takes
as
articles
of
faith.
He
often
speaks
of
the
&dquo;ways
of
democracy&dquo;
to
the
extent
that
American
democracy
becomes
an
invisible
hand
dictating
the
outcome
of
American
foreign
policy.
Furthermore
there
is
no
logical
connection
between
America’s
domestic
egalitarianism
and
a
humanitarian
con-
duct
of
foreign
policy
abroad.
If
such
a
causal
relationship
exists,
its
mechanisms
and
nature
are
left
unexplained
by
the
author.
A
general
optimism
pervades
Radway’s
book.
One
gets
the
feeling
that
the
gravest
problems
and
concerns
in
the
realm
of
American
foreign
policy
are
brushed
aside
by
a
simple
process
of
wishful
thinking.
This
is
a
major
shortcoming
in
an
otherwise
excellent
book.
University
of
Washington,
Seattle
FOUAD
AJAMI
Military
Occupations
and
National
Security.
By
MARTIN
and
JOAN
KYRE.
(Wash-
ington,
D.C. :
Public
Affairs
Press,
1968.
Pp.
vi,
198.
$6.00.)
Garrison
Community:
A
Study
of
an
Overseas
American
Military
Colony.
By
CHARLOTTE
WOLF.
(Westport,
Connecticut:
Greenwood
Publishing
Cor-
poration,
1969.
Pp. xvi, 324. $13.00.)
For
most
of
the
current
century
United
States
military
forces
have
been
widely
deployed
throughout
the
world.
Whether
they
have
been
engaged
in
conventional
military
operations,
counter
insurgency,
or
administration
of
military
aid,
contiguity
with
the
indigenous
civilian
populations
has
been
a
natural
consequence.
Both
books
are
concerned
with
these
overseas
military-civilian
relationships,
although
from
different
viewpoints.
The
Kyres
have
attempted
a
macro-analysis
of
United
States
experience
with
Civil
Affairs/Military
Government
(CAMG).
Wolf
has
contributed
to
the
same
subject
by
focusing
sociological
research
techniques
on
the
American
military
community
in
Ankara,
Turkey.
Military
Occupation
and
National
Security
undertakes
a
historical
review
of
United
States
CAMG
policies
beginning
with
General
Winfield
Scott’s
campaign
in
Mexico.
There
is
an
excellent
comparative
analysis
of
occupations
resulting
from
World
War
II
with
the
occupation
of
Japan
seen
as
the
prototype
of
a
suc-
cessful
CAMG
operation.
Vietnam
is
seen
as
a
relative
CAMG
failure.
The
history
of
United
States
CAMG
operations
reveals
a
pattern
of
forces
which
have
shaped
occupation
policies.
These
abstractions
are
said
to
be:
( 1 )
national
interest;
(2)
national
principle;
(3)
public
mood;
and
(4)
individual
leadership.
Secon-
dary
factors
are:
international
law,
American
and
Allied
agencies,
writings
by
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