Russell Hunt Fifield

Russell Hunt Fifield (21 February 1914 – 2 June 2003) was an American political scientist, writer, and former professor emeritus of political science at the University of Michigan. He was a specialist in the politics of American involvement in Southeast Asia.

Notable works

• Geopolitics in Principle and Practice. Ginn & Co., Boston, New York, 1944. (With George Etzel Pearcy)
• The Hukbalahap Today. Institute of Pacific Relations, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1951.
• The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia, 1945-1958. Harper, New York, 1958.
• Southeast Asia in United States Policy. Praeger, New York, 1963.
• Woodrow Wilson and the Far East: The Diplomacy of the Shantung Question. 1965.
• Americans in Southeast Asia: The Roots of Commitment. Crowell, New York, 1973.
• The Liquidation of a War: The United States and Vietnam. Centre d'Etude du Sud-Est Asiatique et de l'Extreme-Orient, Bruxelles, 1978.
• National and Regional Interests in ASEAN: Competition and Co-operation in International Politics. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1979.