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UNINA9910457463903321 |
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Hunt Michael H. |
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Arc of empire : America's wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam / / Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine |
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Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , c2012 |
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1-4696-0195-8 |
0-8078-8256-9 |
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1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations |
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H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Japan |
Korean War, 1950-1953 |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
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Asia History, Military 20th century |
United States History, Military 20th century |
Asia Strategic aspects History 20th century |
Philippines History Philippine American War, 1899-1902 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : four wars and the problem of empire -- The Philippines, 1899-1902 : the imperial impulse unleashed -- Japan, 1941-1945 : securing dominance -- Korea, 1950-1953 : dominance challenged -- Vietnam, 1965-1973 : dominance undone -- Conclusion : empire and aftermath. |
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Although conventionally treated as separate, America's four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This effort unfolded as an imperial project in which military power and the imposition of America's political will were crucial. Devoting equal attention to Asian and American perspectives, the authors follow the long arc of conflict across seventy-five years from the Philippines through Japan and Korea to Vietnam, tracing along the way American ambition, ascendance, and ultimate defeat. They show how th |
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UNINA9910455271603321 |
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Autore |
Barry Terence B. |
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The archaeology of medieval Ireland / / T.B. Barry |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1988, c1987 |
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1-134-98298-4 |
1-280-05223-6 |
0-203-40250-2 |
0-203-33047-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Excavations (Archaeology) - Ireland |
Archaeology, Medieval |
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Ireland Antiquities |
Ireland History 1172-1603 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliography and indexes. |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of plates; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Pre-Norman settlement c.1000 1169; Anglo-Norman military fortifications; Anglo-Norman rural settlement; The growth of medieval towns; The archaeology of the medieval church; The later middle ages: growth or decline?; Future horizons; Notes; Bibliography; Place index; Subject and name index |
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`This eagerly awaited book is an outstanding and right up-to-date summary of every excavation and investigation undertaken in Ireland into the earthworks, castles, ecclesiastical buildings and towns of the period from the arrival of the Anglo-Normans to the mid-sixteenth century...a most welcome synthesis and will be valued by the layperson, student and professional archaeologist, historical geographer and historian alike.' Archaeology Ireland |
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