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MacDonald, Douglas John was born on November 14, 1947 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roderick Joseph and Mary Patricia (MacFarlane) Macdonald.
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Adventures in Chaos: American Intervention for Reform in the Third World
( Can―or should―the United States try to promote reform i...)
Can―or should―the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World? This question, which reverberates through American foreign policy, is at the heart of Adventures in Chaos. A faltering friendly state, in danger of falling to hostile forces, presents the U.S. with three options: withdraw, bolster the existing government, or try to reform it. Douglas Macdonald defines the circumstances that call these policy options into play, combining an analysis of domestic politics in the U. S., cognitive theories of decision making, and theories of power relations drawn from sociology, economics, and political science. He examines the conditions that promote the reformist option and then explores strategies for improving the success of reformist intervention in the future. In order to identify problems in this policy―and to propose solutions―Macdonald focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China, 1946-1948; the Philippines, 1950-1953; and Vietnam, 1961-1963. Striking similarities in these cases suggest that such policy dilemmas are a function of the global role played by the U.S., especially during the Cold War. Though this role is changing, Macdonald foresees future applications for the lessons his study offers. A challenge to the conventional wisdom on reformist intervention, Adventures in Chaos―through extensive archival research―displays a theoretical and historical depth often lacking in treatments of the subject.
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Douglas John MacDonald
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Douglas John MacDonald, American Political scientist, educator. John M. Olin fellow Harvard University, 1985-1986; Wellington Koo fellow Columbia University, 1983-1984. Served to sergeant United States Air Force, 1967-1971. Member American Political Science Association (Helen Dwight Reid award 1986), American Academy Political Science, International Studies Association, Society for Historians of America Fgn.Rels., National Association Scholars.
Education
Bachelor, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1977; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1979; Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1987.
Career
Assistant professor political science, Oglethorpe U., Atlanta, 1982-1983; assistant professor political science, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1987-1993; associate professor, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, since 1993; director international relations program, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, since 1992. Visiting professor Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1982-1983.
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Adventures in Chaos: American Intervention for Reform in the Third World
( Can―or should―the United States try to promote reform i...)
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Adventures in Chaos: American Intervention for Reform in the Third World
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Served to sergeant United States Air Force, 1967-1971. Member American Political Science Association (Helen Dwight Reid award 1986), American Academy Political Science, International Studies Association, Society for Historians of America Fgn.Rels., National Association Scholars.
