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Book SynopsisMichael Shafer argues that American policymakers have fundamentally misperceived the political context of revolutionary wars directed against American clients and that because American attempts at counterinsurgency were based on faulty premises, these efforts have failed in virtually every instance. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Leg
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Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE AND READER'S GUIDE, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*NOTATION FOR FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. xiii*1. Introduction: Dogs That Didn't Bark, pg. 3*2. Possible Explanations: Sources of Policy Content and Continuity, pg. 17*3. Flight, Fall, and Persistance: Political Development Theory, pg. 48*4. Security and Development, pg. 79*5. Mao Minus Marx: American Counterinsurgency Doctrine, pg. 104*6. Not So Exceptionally American, pg. 135*7. Greece: The Trojan Horse, pg. 166*8. The Philippines: Magsaysay's Miracle, pg. 205*9. Vietnam: Reaping the Whirlwind, pg. 240*10. Conclusion: Facing the Future, pg. 276*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 291*INDEX, pg. 317
