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Trans-Pacific relations : America, Europe, and Asia in the twentieth century / edited by Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, and Yoneyuki Sugita.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Perspectives on the twentieth century.
- Perspectives on the twentieth century, 1538-9626
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asia--History--20th century.
- Asia.
- Asia--Relations--Europe.
- Asia--Relations--United States.
- Europe--Relations--Asia.
- Europe.
- United States--Relations--Asia.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This broad-based study of Western-Asian relations considers images of and actions by the United States, along with Britain and Germany, in the course of dealings with Asian nations such as China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Other case studies focus on inter-Asian relations between Japan and Korea; China and Japan; and Thailand and Vietnam. The essays encompass a wide range of recent scholarship, including cultural, economic, demographic, and intellectual approaches to military and diplomatic themes.||Western influence, primarily American, in Asia grew consistently dur
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Foreword; Introduction. The United States and the West in Asia in the Twentieth Century: The Growth and Limits of Power; I. The West Turns to Asia: The United States, Europe, Japan, and China, 1880 to World War II; II. American Entrenchment in Asia: World War II, Occupation, and Neo-Colonialism; III. The Limits of Power: The United States in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in the Cold War; IV. Orbiting the Western Sun: The Western Impact in Japan and China; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216026952
- 9786610423095
- 9781280423093
- 1280423099
- 9780313013232
- 0313013233
- OCLC:
- 52924833
- Publisher Number:
- 10.5040/9798216026952
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