LEADER 04100nam 2200613 450 001 9910815867903321 005 20230124201959.0 010 $a1-5017-7031-4 010 $a1-5017-1116-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501711169 035 $a(CKB)4340000000263437 035 $a(OCoLC)990183196 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65801 035 $a(DLC) 2017028879 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001974463 035 $a(DE-B1597)496510 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501711169 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5340156 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11542908 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5340156 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000263437 100 $a20180515d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMr. X and the Pacific $eGeorge F. Kennan and American policy in East Asia /$fPaul J. Heer 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (316 pages) 225 1 $aCornell scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 $a1-5017-1114-8 311 $a1-5017-1117-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : a strategic vision interrupted -- Encounters with East Asia : inheritance of a strategic perspective -- China : minimum aid and maximum flexibility -- Japan : the father of reverse course policy -- Ebb tide : Acheson takes the helm -- Prelude to the Korean War : applying the strategic concept on the East Asian periphery -- Korea : a labyrinth of ignorance and error and conjecture -- Aftermath of Korea : the end of a strategic vision for East Asia -- Vietnam : my piece has been spoken -- Conclusion : legacies of engagement with East Asia. 330 $aGeorge F. Kennan is well known for articulating the strategic concept of containment, which would be the centerpiece of what became the Truman Doctrine. During his influential Cold War career he was the preeminent American expert on the Soviet Union. In Mr. X and the Pacific, Paul J. Heer explores Kennan's equally important impact on East Asia.Heer chronicles and assesses Kennan's work in affecting U.S. policy toward East Asia. By tracing the origins, development, and bearing of Kennan's strategic perspective on the Far East during and after his time as director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff from 1947 to 1950, Heer shows how Kennan moved from being an ardent and hawkish Cold Warrior to, by the 1960s, a prominent critic of American participation in the Vietnam War.Mr. X and the Pacific provides close examinations of Kennan's engagement with China (both the People's Republic and Taiwan), Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Country-by-country analysis paired with considerations of the ebb and flow of Kennan's global strategic thinking result in a significant extension of our estimation of Kennan's influence and a deepening of our understanding of this key figure in the early years of the Cold War. In Mr. X and the Pacific Heer offers readers a new view of Kennan, revealing his importance and the totality of his role in East Asia policy, his struggle with American foreign policy in the region, and the ways in which Kennan's legacy still has implications for how the United States approaches the region in the twenty-first century. 410 0$aCornell scholarship online. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zEast Asia 607 $aEast Asia$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1953 610 $aChina, Korea, defensive perimeter, John Paton Davies, containment. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. 676 $a327.7305 700 $aHeer$b Paul J.$f1959-$01620810 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815867903321 996 $aMr. X and the Pacific$93953795 997 $aUNINA