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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786147503321

Titolo

Between compliance and conflict : East Asia, Latin America, and the "new" Pax Americana / / edited by Jorge I. Dominguez and Byung-Kook Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-76983-8

1-283-96941-6

0-203-95640-0

1-136-76976-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DominguezJorge I. <1945->

KimPyong-guk <1959 Mar. 18->

Disciplina

327.7305/09/0511

Soggetti

Balance of power

United States Foreign relations 1989-

United States Foreign relations East Asia

East Asia Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Latin America

Latin America Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Between compliance and conflict; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Between Compliance And Conflict: Comparing U.s.-east Asian And U.s.-latin American Relations Jorge I. Domínguez And Byung-kook Kim; 2. A New Pax Americana? The U.s. Exercise Of Hard Power In East Asia And Latin America; 3. A Rise Of Regionalist Ideas In East Asia: New East Asian Regionalism And Pax Americana; 4. Pax Americana In Latin America: The Hegemony Behind Free Trade; 5. The U.s.-china Peace: Great Power Politics, Spheres Of Influence, And The Peace of East Asia

6. Japan's Ambition For Normal Statehood7. Brazilian Foreign Policy Since 1990 And The Pax Americana; 8. Cuba And The Pax Americana: U.s.-cuban Relations Post-1990; 9. To Have A Cake And Eat It Too: The



Crisis Of Pax Americana In Korea; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the responses to U.S. power in the two areas of the world where U.S. primacy was first successfully consolidated: East Asia and Latin America. The U.S. has faced no comparably powerful challengers to the exercise of its power in Latin America for much of the past century. It established its primacy over much of East Asia in the aftermath of WW II and extended its influence in the late 1970's and after the end of the Vietnam War through its entente with China to balance the Soviet Union. By contrast, the U.S. has always encountered rivals and challengers in Europe, has attemp