East Asia and the modern international order : from imperialism to the Cold War / edited by Stephan Haggard, David C. Kang.

Other author Haggard, Stephan editor
Other author Kang, David C. (David Chan-oong), 1965- editor.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Descriptionxii, 374 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Regionalism--East Asia.
World politics--1900-1945.
World politics--1945-1989.
East Asia--Foreign relations. --20th century.
East Asia--History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction : East Asia in the world : from imperialism to the Cold War / Stephan Haggard and David Kang -- The myth of the San Francisco system : understanding post-World War II East Asian order / Evelyn Goh -- Survival through reforms : Siam and its escape from colonialism / Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi -- The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5 / Scott Wolford -- The Chinese Exclusion Acts / Enze Han and DG Kim -- Race and great power politics : the Japanese racial equality proposal of 1919 / Erez Manela -- Reform, revolution, and state failure inearly twentieth century China / Richard Horowitz -- The second Sino-Japanese War and its aftermath, 1931-1965 / Amy King -- Japanese expansionism and the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' / JeremyYellen -- Decentering the Cold War from the division of Korea / David Fields -- The first and second Taiwan Straits crises / Hsiao-tingLin -- Alliances, state-building, and development in Asia / James Lee -- Credibility and the Vietnam War in the era of incomplete US hegemony / Khong Yuen Foong -- Nationalism and Anglo-American neo-colonialism in Southeast Asia, 1945-1965 / Ngoei Wen-Qing -- Mandates, trusteeship, and decolonization in the North Pacific : balancing self-determination, development, and security / Joanne Wallis and Jack Corbett -- Conclusion : a newly-dynamic East Asian international order / Andrew Coe and Scott Wolford.
Abstract "Stephan Haggard and David C. Kang bring together historians and political scientists to re-examine fourteen events in twentieth-century East Asian history that shaped world and regional politics. Casestudies highlight the East Asian experience of empire, war and independence movements and shed light on contemporary international relations"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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