About American Diplomacy



		Elsewhere in this issue: Focus on CHINA Sawyer on Warfare Pei on Instability Grant on Taiwan Fritz on China 1945 Borich on US-China relations		American Diplomacy An Electronic Journal of Commentary, Analysis, and Research on American Foreign Policy and Its Practice
					Editor Henry E. Mattox, PhD U.S. Foreign Service, retired North Carolina State University
					Publisher Amb. Trusten Frank Crigler U.S. Foreign Service, retired Trusten Associates, Durham, NC


					Advisory Editorial Board		Amb. William N. Dale U.S. Foreign Service, retired Carl R. Fritz U.S. Foreign Service, retired Curtis F. Jones U.S. Foreign Service, retired Richard H. Kohn, PhD University of North Carolina Roy M. Melbourne, PhD U.S. Foreign Service, retired Richard B. Moon U.S. Foreign Service, retired John E. Williams U.S. Foreign Service, retired


			• Other Articles Sarantakes on Japan Wilson Ctr on SE Asia • Commentary Bullington on Military Intervention Ryland-Holmes on Kosovo Inman & Sharp on Somalia Trusteeship • Life in the Foreign Service Linderman on Cuba Nixon on Haiti • Reviews of Books & Sites Yarmolinsky on Thomas L. Friedman Mitchell on Louis Perez • From the Editor • Letters from Readers • Important News & Announcements • Archives		Book Review Editor Rorin M. Platt, Ph.D. Peace College, Raleigh, NC
					Technical Assistant Sandra M. Johnson North Carolina State University
					Technical Staff Kieran Murray, Research Assistant North Carolina State University Amalia Kakissis, Research Assistant North Carolina State University Jason Cowley, Staff Assistant University of North Carolina
					Technical Advisors Jeffrey C. Crigler Engenia Corp., Herndon, VA Robert W. Mattox U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
			American Diplomacy is published quarterly on the World Wide Web by American Diplomacy Publishers, a nonprofit corporation chartered in the State of North Carolina and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt charity under sec. 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its offices are located at 202 Cedar Ridge Way, Durham, NC 27705, telephone (919) 309-9783.

			NOTE: The opinions expressed by the authors published in this Journal are not necessarily those of members of the Editorial Advisory Board or of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. ©All articles and other original materials are property of American Diplomacy Publishers unless otherwise indicated. Registered, ISSN Center, Library of Congress, ISSN No. 1094-8120