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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812444003321

Autore

Buckley Roger <1944->

Titolo

The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945 / / Roger Buckley [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13199-5

1-280-43384-1

0-511-18080-2

1-139-14762-5

0-511-07257-0

0-511-06411-X

0-511-32642-4

0-511-61573-6

0-511-05778-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

327.7305

Soggetti

Asia Politics and government 1945-

Pacific Area Politics and government

Asia Relations United States

United States Relations Asia

United States Relations Pacific Area

Pacific Area Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Postwar: Asia-Pacific, 1945-1950 -- ; 2. War: Korea, 1950-1953 -- ; 3. Postwar: Asia-Pacific, 1953-1960 -- ; 4. War: Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- ; 5. Postwar: Asia-Pacific, 1975-1989 -- ; 6. Post-Cold War: Asia-Pacific, 1989-2000 -- ; 7. Future: Asia-Pacific, 2001-2020 -- ; 8. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

In a fast-moving and incisive narrative, Roger Buckley examines America's close and continuous relationship with the Asia-Pacific region from the end of the Pacific War to the first days of the Presidency of George W. Bush. The author traces the responses of the



United States government to the major crises in the area through the Cold War decades and the initial post-Cold War years. He demonstrates how the US sought to maintain its dominant regional position through a series of security alliances and its own political, military and economic strengths. Professor Buckley examines the subject from geopolitical perspectives to provide a gateway to the understanding of a complex region certain to be of global importance in the twenty-first century.