Papers and reactor discussion from an Institute for Policy Studies
conference held in September of last year; the 18 participants
represent "two functional poles. . . the radical policy critic and
the government servant" and include editor Ravenal, Leslie Gelb,
Morton Halperin, Richard Falk, Pierre Sprey, Seymour Melman,
Richard Kaufman, and Daniel Ellsberg, obviously warming up for
l'affaire Pentagon Papers with (then) cryptic references to the
"internal record," etc. Most of the heavy thinking centers on
trying to make sense out of the amorphous Nixon Doctrine, agreed by
the conferees to be the cornerstone of our current Asian policy.
About the only concrete conclusion to emerge is that the Doctrine
means practically anything Mr. Nixon wants it to - a seemingly
weary Ravenal epilogues it like this: "It is difficult to discern
what, if anything, it confers on the diverse and sometimes
irreconcilable actions that are identified as flowing from it."
There are some useful, still pertinent pieces here - for example
Melman's polemic on the economic consequences of military
disengagement and Falk's skeptical "Never Again?" with a lively
follow-up discussion (in which pro-Nixon Gelb declares himself
"agnostic, not conservative"). But most of it is high blown,
circumvolutory, veiled, excessively qualified musings by men
looking through the sinological keyhole because that's the only
view available. An examination of the logic of our China policy for
those hands who want to feel the quintessential confusion. (Kirkus
Reviews)
How and why was the course of America's relationship to Asia
changed? What are the prospects for detente with the People's
Republic of China? How might the new course affect America's
economy and her relations with other nations, especially Japan and
the USSR? These questions form the basis of a wide-ranging inquiry
held recently at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington and
recorded in Peace with China? Government officials candidly discuss
emerging foreign policies. Former members of the Kennedy and
Johnson administrations analyze the political and military
realities as they saw them. Finally, critics of America's actions
in Asia including spokemen for New Left and revisionist positions
contribute their viewpoints and alternatives. The result is a
unique scrutiny of the complex processes by which the White House,
State Department, and Pentagon devise strategies, as well as a
lively but scholarly debate on American options in Asia."
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