The Cold War in East Asia / Xiaobing Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Xiaobing, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

East Asia--History--1945-.

East Asia.

History.

East Asia--Foreign relations--20th century.

Cold War.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 228 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

This textbook provides a survey of East Asia during the Cold War from 1945 to 1991. Focusing on the persistence and flexibility of its culture and tradition when confronted by the West and the US, this book investigates how they intermesh to establish the nations that have entered the modern world. Through the use of newly declassified Communist sources, the narrative helps students form a better understanding of the origins and development of post-WWII East Asia. The analysis demonstrates how East Asia's position in the Cold War was not peripheral but, in many key senses, central. The active role that East Asia played, ultimately, turned this main Cold War battlefield into a buffer between the United States and the Soviet Union. Covering a range of countries, this textbook explores numerous events, which took place in East Asia during the Cold War, including: The occupation of Japan, Civil war in China and the establishment of Taiwan, The Korean War, The Vietnam War, China's Reforming Movement. Moving away from Euro-American centric approaches and illuminating the larger themes and patterns in the development of East Asian modernity, The Cold War in East Asia is an essential resource for students of Asian History, the Cold War and World History. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: understanding modern East Asia

Part I. War and revolution

Imperial powers and pre-WWII Japan

The Asian-Pacific War (1937-1945)

Cold War Japan: occupation and reform (1945-1951)

The Nationalists vs. the Communists in China

The People's Republic and Taiwan (1949-1957)

Part II. The east vs. the west

The Korean War (1950-1953)

China and the First Indochina War

New Japan (1952-1996)

The Communist Cold War and Vietnam (1958-1975)

Part III. From bi-polar, triangle, to global

The Cultural Revolution and Sino-US Rapprochement

China's reforming movement

Two Koreas and the Sino-Vietnamese Border War

Surviving the Cold War: China's globalization

Conclusion: East Asia in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138651791

1138651796

9781138651807

113865180X

OCLC:

950894242