| Bush and Asia: America's Evolving Relations with East Asia Contributor(s): Beeson, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415383331 ISBN-13: 9780415383332 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: The United States is now the most powerful nation in history, and this power has grown since September 11, 2001, forcing nations around the globe to re-evaluate their relationships to the unipolar superpower. Nowhere is this re-evaluation more important than in East Asia, a region that has been defined by American power since the Second World War. Indeed, despite Americas physical distance from East Asia, the United States has been a key player in the region since the nineteenth century, when it played a major role in opening up both Japan and China to the West. This new and important study details the changing nature of power relations in East Asia, and includes detailed case studies on China, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and Australia. "Bush and Asia" argues that there are a number of insights that can be drawn from various traditions which help to explain the complex, multi-dimensional nature of American power at the beginning of the twenty-first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | Political Freedom - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2005027391 |
| Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.29" W x 9.49" (1.23 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing together a number of recognized international experts, this book considers the impact of changes in American foreign policy on the East Asian region, as well as the evolving nature of American policy itself. Specific case studies consider America's relations with the most important countries of the region, including China, a potential strategic rival, Japan, still the second largest economy in the world, and Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country. These case studies and others are complemented with more theoretical and thematic considerations of the nature of American hegemony, its historical links to the region, security policy, economic ties, and American attitudes toward emerging East Asian regionalism. Bush and Asia provides a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the Bush administration's relations with what will be the twenty-first century's most dynamic and strategically significant region. |