The Pacific Basin since 1945
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The Pacific Basin since 1945
(The postwar world)
Longman, 2001
2nd ed
- : ppr
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-326) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The nations of the Pacific Basin - in East and Southeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific islands and the Americas - make up the world's largest economic zone, and its most culturally diverse region. In recent years its Asian 'Tiger Economies' have suffered economic collapse and unfinished business from the Cold War has produced continuing conflict and instability. The new edition of this pioneering book traces the postwar inter-relationships of all the rim and island nations. It gives a unique impression of the make-up of the region, and the tensions within it. The book integrates a wide range of information from books and articles; from published and unpublished sources, including recently opened Russian and American archives; and from the first-hand experiences of participants, including those of the author, in Pacific Basin affairs. Vigorously written and strongly argued, no other account brings together all the threads of the development of international relations in this complex and fascinating region.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. Postwar Asian reconstruction and political changes 1945-49. 2. Containing the advance of Asian communism, 1959-60. 3. Confrontations and co-operation in East and Southeast Asia, 1961-68.
4. Detente, Disengagement and invasion in East and Southeast Asia, 1969-795. Independence for some Pacific islands, 1945-80. 6. Arresting communism in Latin America, 1945-79. 7. Asian economic expansion and strategic change, 1980-908. 8. Conflicts and coups in the islands 1980-909. 9. War and co-operation in the western hemisphere 1980-9010. 10. The post-Cold War Pacific Basin since 1991. Conclusion.
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