The Cold War in East Asia Contributor(s): Li, Xiaobing (Author) |
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ISBN: 113865180X ISBN-13: 9781138651807 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - History | Military - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies |
Dewey: 950.42 |
LCCN: 2017013023 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (0.90 lbs) 242 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This textbook provides a survey of East Asia during the Cold War from 1945 to 1991. Focusing on the persistence and flexibility of its culture and tradition when confronted by the West and the US, this book investigates how they intermesh to establish the nations that have entered the modern world. Through the use of newly declassified Communist sources, the narrative helps students form a better understanding of the origins and development of post-WWII East Asia. The analysis demonstrates how East Asia's position in the Cold War was not peripheral but, in many key senses, central. The active role that East Asia played, ultimately, turned this main Cold War battlefield into a buffer between the United States and the Soviet Union. Covering a range of countries, this textbook explores numerous events, which took place in East Asia during the Cold War, including:
Moving away from Euro-American centric approaches and illuminating the larger themes and patterns in the development of East Asian modernity, The Cold War in East Asia is an essential resource for students of Asian History, the Cold War and World History. |