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050 00 $aHF1456.5.P6$bC85 1994
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100 1 $aCullather, Nick,$d1959-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93083049
245 10 $aIllusions of influence :$bthe political economy of United States-Philippines relations, 1942-1960 /$cNick Cullather.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9406
300 $axii, 263 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aModern America
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [232]-255) and index.
505 0 $a1. From Colony to Client State -- 2. Factionalism and Its Advantages -- 3. Saving the Patrimonial State -- 4. Magsaysay and the Illusion of Influence -- 5. Nationalism and the Bases -- 6. Filipino First.
520 $aExploring the inner workings of the "special relationship" of the United States and the Philippines, this book challenges the accepted view that portrays the relationship as one of colonial domination and exploitation, with the United States controlling the Philippines for economic and geopolitical gain.
520 8 $aUsing Philippine sources released since the 1986 revolution and recently declassified U.S. records, the author finds instead a complex structure that allowed both nations to attain their most cherished goals while sacrificing interests of lesser importance.
520 8 $aThe United States obtained a military base complex it considered essential for the projection of American power in Asia. In return, the Philippines received a favored position in the American market and billions of dollars in economic and military aid. The Philippine elite manipulated the relationship and their nation's economy, creating a "crony capitalist" system that protected a traditional social order from the demands of a restive peasantry and an emerging Filipino-Chinese middle class.
520 8 $aThough U.S. policy made crony capitalism possible, it could also threaten it, and Filipinos learned how to steer U.S. policy along lines advantageous to themselves by resorting to nonconfrontational resistance - thwarting development plans, harassing American businesses, diverting aid, restricting trade, and making military bases the target of nationalist attacks.
520 8 $aThe author rejects the myth that U.S. policy supported economic exploitation, finding instead that American business interests were docile bystanders sacrificed to U.S strategic imperatives. But American policymakers tolerated the manipulations that allowed Filipino oligarchs to plunder the economy and reinforce their political and economic dominance.
520 8 $aThe book thus forces us to rethink conventional assumptions about dependent relationships, and shows that generalizations about client states need to be qualified by considerations of culture and political economy.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign economic relations$zPhilippines.
651 0 $aPhilippines$xForeign economic relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aPhilippines$xEconomic policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109570
651 0 $aPhilippines$xPolitics and government$y1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100801
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign economic relations$zAsia.
830 0 $aModern America (Stanford, Calif.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88543800
852 00 $bglx$hHF1456.5.P6$iC85 1994