he makes a "startling last-minute resort to external imperialism-as-bogeyman?

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Does "he makes a "startling last-minute resort to external imperialism-as-bogeyman" mean "he makes a resort to be a monster (as if the resort is a monster; the resort is a startling last-minute effort by asking help from external imperialism such as United States)"?

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June Teufel Dreyer, writing in The China Quarterly states that "the author skillfully weaves eyewitness accounts into a smoothly flowing narrative. Two maps of Beijing assist the reader in following the actions described, and there is a useful chronology of events. The work should interest both generalists and specialists, and spans the disciplines of history, political science, and sociology."[5] However, the reviewer finds it "difficult to accept Brook's conclusion, advanced in the final pages of the book and without prior conceptualization" in which he makes a "startling last-minute resort to external imperialism-as-bogeyman."[5]

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He (the author) at the last minute (at the end of his book, in his conclusion), invokes the threat of external imperialism as a bogeyman. "The Bogeyman" is an imaginary monster used to frighten children.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Tes yeux noirs wrote:

He (the author) at the last minute (at the end of his book, in his conclusion), invokes the threat of external imperialism as a bogeyman. "The Bogeyman" is an imaginary monster used to frighten children.

Thanks.
Does he confirm the Bogeyman (support the imperialism)? Or oppose it?

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@oristarA,

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Does he confirm the Bogeyman (support the imperialism)? Or oppose it?

I don't know; I have not read the book. In the concept of imperialism-as-bogeyman the threat posed by imperialism is an imaginary one. Bogeymen are conjured up to frighten people, they are bad, but not dangerous.

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@Tes yeux noirs,

Tes yeux noirs wrote:

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Does he confirm the Bogeyman (support the imperialism)? Or oppose it?

I don't know; I have not read the book. In the concept of imperialism-as-bogeyman the threat posed by imperialism is an imaginary one. Bogeymen are conjured up to frighten people, they are bad, but not dangerous.

Now I've got a clearer picture.
BTW, Does the connecting bar (joint mark) in "he makes a "startling last-minute resort to external imperialism-as-bogeyman" serve as a clause like this:

"....imperialism that is viewed by commies as bogeyman"?

mao had ever said: imperialism is a paper tiger.
Obviously a paper tiger is an equivalent of a bogeyman.

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@oristarA,

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Does the connecting bar (joint mark) in "he makes a "startling last-minute resort to external imperialism-as-bogeyman" serve as a clause like this:

"....imperialism that is viewed by commies as bogeyman"?

Yes.

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@oristarA,

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Obviously a paper tiger is an equivalent of a bogeyman.

They are not equivalent. A paper tiger is a real person or thing that appears threatening but is ineffectual, a bogeyman is a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults or older children to frighten children into good behaviour.

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