The international politics of the Asia-Pacific
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The international politics of the Asia-Pacific
(Politics in Asia series)
RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
2nd and rev. ed
- : pbk
- : hbk
Available at 39 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 and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This second edition of Michael Yahuda's extremely successful textbook introduces students to the international politics of the Asia Pacific region since 1945. The new edition is completely updated with contemporary coverage of the economic crises and includes new chapters on:
the current role of East Asia in world affairs
prospects post-2000
the strengths and weaknesses of US dominance and the challenge of other powers
prospects for and implications of an East Asian economic recovery.
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Cold War 1945-1989 1. The Impact of the Cold War, and the Struggles for Independence, 1945-1954 2. The Application of Bipolarity, 1954-1970 3. The Period of Tripolarity, 1971-1989 4. The United States and the Asia Pacific 5. The Soviet Union/Russia and the Asia-Pacific 6. China and the Asia Pacific 7. Japan and the Asia Pacific Part 2: The Post-Cold War Period 8. The Era of American Pre-eminence Relations 9. The United States 10. China 11. Japan
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