Harvard University. Center for International Affairs

Annual Report - Harvard University, Center for International Affairs

Kenneth Neal Waltz

Columbia University. Institute of War and Peace Studies

The American and British Experience

Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics

British Institute in Eastern Africa

University of Nairobi

It is now apparent that East Africa cannot be viewed in isolation if its early history is to be adequately understood. Arabic, Indian, and Chinese influences have been discovered in the East African cultures, and evidence has shown that from about 100 B.C. the coastal fringe of eastern Africa was economically and culturally an integral part of the Indian Ocean basin. The available evidence relating to these early con-tacts is so scattered, however, that historians and archaeologists must rely on the findings of numerous related disciplines. The contributors to this volume make ingenious use of anthropological, geographical, ethnographical, zoological, linguistic, numismatic, and musicol-ogical evidence as they develop new historio-graphical techniques to open this challenging area of inquiry. Among them are the leading specialists in their respective fields: H Neville Chittick, Vinigi Grottanelli, Paul Wheatley, J S Trimingbam, Gervase Mathew, Pierre Wrin, Aldan Southall, Merrick Posnansky, James Kirkman, and Michael Gwynne. The topics in-vestigated include: the peopling of the East African coast, Chinese knowledge of East Africa, the Arab geographers, the problem of Malagasy origins, connections between the lacustrine peoples and the coast, and the origin and spread of various domestic food plants. Although there remain as many questions as answers, this volume serves as a vital summa-tion of our current knowledge and points the way toward further fruitful research in African history.

Cultural Syntheses in Pre-colonial Times

East Africa and the Orient

George H. Quester

SCOTT (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library Collection.

The First Twenty-five Years

Nuclear Diplomacy

Robert Andrew Burns

This monograph analyzes and draws conclusions from the confrontation in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands by examining what happened in contrast to some of the models and theories of contemporary diplomatic historians and political scientists. The Falklands affair met in all respects the classic definition of a crisis: a situation characterized by surprise, a high threat to important values, and short decision time. A crisis is instant history, which invites instant criticism from participants and policy-makers. Co-published with the Harvard Center for International Affairs.

Further Lessons from the Falklands, Or, Advice from Academe

Diplomacy, War, and Parliamentary Democracy

Samuel P. Huntington

This now-classic examination of the development of viable political institutions in emerging nations is a major and enduring contribution to modern political analysis. In a new Foreword, Francis Fukuyama assesses Huntington's achievement, examining the context of the book's original publication as well as its lasting importance."This pioneering volume, examining as it does the relation between development and stability, is an interesting and exciting addition to the literature."-American Political Science Review"'Must' reading for all those interested in comparative politics or in the study of development."-Dankwart A. Rustow, Journal of International Affairs

Political Order in Changing Societies

Harvard University. East Asian Research Center

Robert R. Bowie

The years 1955-1959 in Communist China included striking fluctuations and successes for Mao Tse-tung's Party, and the working out of the first Five-Year Plan for economic and agricultural development. Here analysis of domestic developments is supported by 48 documents--directives, speeches, and articles. The major Party pronouncements are given in full. The significance of each is clarified by prefatory comments indicating additional readings, and by the 41-page introductory essay. This newly integrated picture of five crucial years pioneers the use of documentation (as in Soviet studies) for dealing with Communist China.

Policy Documents with Analysis

Communist China 1955-1959

Harvard University. Center for International Affairs

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