The politics of identity : history, nationalism, and the prospect for peace in post-Cold War East Asia / Sheila Miyoshi Jager.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Jager, Sheila Miyoshi

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--East Asia.

Nationalism.

Collective memory--East Asia.

Collective memory.

East Asia--History--Errors, inventions, etc.

East Asia.

United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.

United States.

East Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 55 pages)

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2007]

Summary:

Both the Taiwan Strait and the Korean peninsula harbor real dangers for the Northeast Asian region. The clash between an increasingly divergent nationalist identity in China and in Taiwan represent a new challenge for U.S. policy in this area. Similarly, the rise of pan-Korean nationalism in South Korea, and an unpredictable North Korean regime that has succeeded in driving a wedge between Seoul and Washington, has created another highly combustible zone of potential conflict. The author explores how the United States might respond to the emerging new nationalism in the region in order to promote stability and peace. Offering a constructivist approach which highlights the central role that memory, history and identity play in international relations, the monograph offers wide-ranging implications for U.S. foreign policy.

Contents:

Overcoming a "century of humiliation": the Taiwan problem

Ending the Korean War: the North Korean nuclear crisis in an age of unification

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 23, 2007).

"April 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-55).

Other Format:

Jager, Sheila Miyoshi. Politics of identity

OCLC:

133712119