The International Politics of the Asia Pacific: Third and revised edition

by Yahuda; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780415207973
• ISBN10: 0415207975
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This second edition of Michael Yahuda's extremely successful textbook introduces students to the international politics of the Asia Pacific region since 1945. The new edition is completely updated with contemporary coverage of the economic crises and includes new chapters on:* the current role of east Asia in world affairs* prospects post-2000* the strengths and weaknesses of US dominance and the challenge of other powers* prospects for and implications of an east Asian economic recovery.

Author Biography

Michael Yahuda is Emeritus Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Visiting Scholar at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School for International Affairs, and of the George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction to the revised edition	xii
SECTION I The Cold War, 1945--1989	1	(2)
PART I The international politics of the Asia-Pacific	3	(96)
Introduction	5	(16)
The impact of the Cold War and the struggles for independence, 1945--1954	21	(20)
The application of bipolarity, 1954--1970	41	(31)
The period of tripolarity, 1971--1989	72	(27)
PART II The policies of the great powers	99	(106)
The United States and the Asia-Pacific	101	(34)
The Soviet Union/Russia and the Asia-Pacific	135	(24)
China and the Asia-Pacific	159	(27)
Japan and the Asia-Pacific	186	(19)
SECTION II The post-Cold War period	205	(2)
PART I The era of American pre-eminence	207	(131)
The new structure of international relations	209	(33)
The United States: from the end of the Cold War to the war on terrorism	242	(39)
China: China's rising power and influence	281	(33)
Japan: towards a new role after the end of the Cold War	314	(24)
Conclusion	338	(7)
Index	345