Format:
1 online resource (762 pages)
ISBN:
9780231542722
Series Statement:
A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American–East Asian Relations
Content:
In a history that spans the eighteenth century to the present, Michael J. Green follows the development of U.S. strategic thinking toward East Asia. Green finds one overarching concern: that a rival power might use the Pacific to isolate and threaten the U.S. and prevent the ocean from becoming a conduit for the westward flow of trade and values.
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Note on Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Terms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Rise of the United States -- 1. "A Theatre for the Exercise of the Most Ambitious Intellect": Seeds of Strategy, 1784-1860 -- 2. "How Sublime the Pacific Part Assigned to Us": Precursors to Expansion, 1861-1898 -- 3. "I Wish to See the United States the Dominant Power on the Shores of the Pacific": Grand Strategy in the Era of Theodore Roosevelt -- II. The Rise of Japan -- 4. "Leave the Door Open, Rehabilitate China, and Satisfy Japan": Defining the Open Door, 1909-1927 -- 5. "Between Non-resistance and Coercion": The Open Door Closes, 1928-1941 -- 6. "We Have Got to Dominate the Pacific": Grand Strategy and the War Against Japan -- III. The Rise of the Soviets -- 7. "The Overall Effect Is to Enlarge Our Strategic Frontier": Defining Containment in the Pacific, 1945-1960 -- 8. "Anyone Who Isn't Confused Really Doesn't Understand the Situation": Asia Strategy and Escalation in Vietnam, 1961-1968 -- 9. "An Even Balance": Nixon and Kissinger's Redefinition of Containment in Asia, 1969-1975 -- 10. "The President Cannot Make Any Weak Moves": Jimmy Carter and the Return of the China Card, 1977-1980 -- 11. "To Contain and Over Time Reverse": Ronald Reagan, 1980-1989 -- IV. The Rise of China -- 12. "The Key to Our Security and Our Prosperity Lies in the Vitality of Those Relationships": George H. W. Bush and the Unipolar Moment, 1989-1992 -- 13. "Engage and Balance": Bill Clinton and the Unexpected Return of Great-Power Politics -- 14. "A Balance of Power That Favors Freedom": Strategic Surprise and the Asia Policy of George W. Bush -- 15. "The Pivot": Barack Obama and the Struggle to Rebalance Asia -- Conclusion: The Historical Case for Asia Strategy -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231180429
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231180429
Language:
English
