Trans-Pacific relations : America, Europe, and Asia in the twentieth century

• Main Authors: Jensen, Richard J., Davidann, Jon Thares, 杉田, 米行
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Westport, Conn Praeger 2003; Bloomsbury Publishing; Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Edition: 1
• Series: Perspectives on the twentieth century
• Subjects: 20th century; Asia; Asia > History > 20th century; Asia > Relations > Europe; Asia > Relations > United States; Europe; Europe > Relations > Asia; History; Relations; United States; United States > Relations > Asia
• ISBN: 9780275977146; 0275977145; 0313013233; 9780313013232

This broad-based study of Western-Asian relations considers images of and actions by the United States, along with Britain and Germany, in the course of dealings with Asian nations such as China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Other case studies focus on inter-Asian relations...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction. The United States and the West in Asia in the Twentieth Century: The Growth and Limits of Power -- I. The West Turns to Asia: The United States, Europe, Japan, and China, 1880 to World War II -- 1. The Rise of an American Principle in China: A Reinterpretation of the First Open Door Notes toward China -- 2. Citadels of Civilization: U.S. and Japanese Visions of World Order in the Interwar Period -- 3. U.S. and German Military and Naval Attachés in Japan, 1931-1939 -- 4. Struggle for National Survival: Eugenics in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Population Policies -- II. American Entrenchment in Asia: World War II, Occupation, and Neo-Colonialism -- 5. The Pacific War: An Interpretation -- 6. Japanese and American Images of Koreans: A Tale of Two Occupations -- 7. American Military Bases in the Philippines, 1945-1965: Neo-Colonialism and Its Demise -- III. The Limits of Power: The United States in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in the Cold War -- 8. The Korean War: An Interpretive History -- 9. Victory and Defeat in the Vietnam War -- 10. The Vietnam War, Thailand, and the United States -- IV. Orbiting the Western Sun: The Western Impact in Japan and China -- 11. America and the Japanese Miracle: The Economic Nexus, 1945-2000 -- 12. Signs of the Modern: Intellectual Authority, Pain, and Pleasure in Reform China -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Editors and Contributors