Military Basing and The U.S./Soviet Military Balance in Southeast Asia

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Soviet Strategy and Military Presence
1. Soviet Strategy in the Third World
2. The Ties that Bind: The Soviet Union and Its Surrogate, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
3. Cam Ranh Bay, Da Nang, and the Soviet Power Project in Southeast Asia
4. New Soviet Initiatives in the South Pacific

Part II: Internal Communist Threat
5. The Philippine Insurgency: Current Status and Future Prospects

Part III: The U.S. Military Presence in Southeast Asia
6. The 1988 Philippine Base Review in the Context of U.S. Security
7. The Strategic Importance of U.S. Bases in the Philippines
8.Philippine Military Bases: Economic and Social Implications
9. Cornucopia or Curse: The Internal Debate on U.S. Bases in the Philippines

Part IV: The Future
10. Thinking the Unthinkable: The Bases Review and the Future of U.S. - Philippine Relations