TY - JOUR
AU - Graebner, Norman A.
AB - 1586 Reviews of Books AMERICA AND SWARAJ: THE U.S. ROLE IN INDIAN INDEPEND­ ENCE. By A. Guy Hope. (Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press. 1968. Pp. vi, 13 . $4.50') UNITED STATES-PHILIPPINE RELATIONS, 1946--1956. By Sung Yang Kim. (Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press. 1968. Pp. iv, 158. $4.50') MORE than any other factor, American attitudes toward Asian nationalism have been responsible for the nation's disunity at every time of crisis in the Far East since mid-century. On this issue successive Washington administrations laid the foundation for the great debate over Vietnam. At the heart of the controversy has been the question of nationalism's relationship to Communism. Can a Com­ munist elite be both national and international, local and universal, simul­ taneously? It can respond either to indigenous conditions or to transcendent ideologies, but can it do both? These demands are seldom identical, if indeed they can be harmonized at all. When those in power make choices, they in­ variably opt for the specific, for even if Communist in ideology, no individual or group can wield political power except on the foundation of a political structure whose successes rest ultimately on policies that respond to indigenous necessities. No less 
TI - America and Swaraj: The U.S. Role in Indian Independence. By A. Guy Hope. (Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press. 1968. Pp. vi, 136. $4.50.) and United States-Philippine Relations, 1946–1956. By Sung Yong Kim (Washington, D. C.: Public Affairs Press. 1968. Pp. iv, 158. $4.50.)
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/74.5.1586
DA - 1969-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/america-and-swaraj-the-u-s-role-in-indian-independence-by-a-guy-hope-pUrYNqa8eQ
SP - 1586
EP - 1587
VL - 74
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -