East Asia has been a growing focal point of geopolitical conflict since the 1940s, and today increasingly sits at the heart of the global economy and high tech as rising regional powers challenge the centuries-old primacy of the Western world. With half a millennium of Western dominated order in the region facing unprecedented challenges and possibly nearing its end, it is now more than ever essential to understand the history behind it and its objectives. This book undertakes the task of elucidating the complex and little-known history of the West's involvement in the Asia-Pacifi c, providing…mehr
East Asia has been a growing focal point of geopolitical conflict since the 1940s, and today increasingly sits at the heart of the global economy and high tech as rising regional powers challenge the centuries-old primacy of the Western world. With half a millennium of Western dominated order in the region facing unprecedented challenges and possibly nearing its end, it is now more than ever essential to understand the history behind it and its objectives. This book undertakes the task of elucidating the complex and little-known history of the West's involvement in the Asia-Pacifi c, providing context critical to understanding contemporary developments.
A. B. Abrams is the author of «China and Americäs Tech War from AI to 5G: The Struggle to Shape the Future of World Order» (Rowman) and «Immovable Object: North Koreäs 70 Years at War with American Power» (Clarity). He has published widely on international security and geopolitics with a focus on East Asia, and holds related Master¿s degrees from the University of London.
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Contents: Destroying the Japanese Empire: How Asia's First Industrial Power Undermined Western Control - The War Against a Defeated Japan: Punishing a Challenger to the West's Regional Hegemony - Undermining China: America's Twenty- Year War to Destroy the People's Republic - The Rise and Fall of an Independent Indonesia: A Twenty- Year War Effort to Restore Western Control - America in the Philippines: Establishing a Colony and Later Neo- Colony in the Pacific - War in Korea: A New Frontier for American Empire - The Desolation of Korea - Vietnam's Long War: How a Thirty- Year Assault to Impose Western Control Ravaged a Nation - Japan After the War: From Primary Challenger to Key Upholder of Western Hegemony - Economic War on Asia: Crushing the Region's Rising Economies - Asia Divided: Unifying Initiatives as a Threat to Western Primacy - Pivot to Asia and China's Rise: Can a Western- Dominated Order be Perpetuated?
Contents: Destroying the Japanese Empire: How Asia's First Industrial Power Undermined Western Control - The War Against a Defeated Japan: Punishing a Challenger to the West's Regional Hegemony - Undermining China: America's Twenty- Year War to Destroy the People's Republic - The Rise and Fall of an Independent Indonesia: A Twenty- Year War Effort to Restore Western Control - America in the Philippines: Establishing a Colony and Later Neo- Colony in the Pacific - War in Korea: A New Frontier for American Empire - The Desolation of Korea - Vietnam's Long War: How a Thirty- Year Assault to Impose Western Control Ravaged a Nation - Japan After the War: From Primary Challenger to Key Upholder of Western Hegemony - Economic War on Asia: Crushing the Region's Rising Economies - Asia Divided: Unifying Initiatives as a Threat to Western Primacy - Pivot to Asia and China's Rise: Can a Western- Dominated Order be Perpetuated?
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