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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. xi |
Introduction to the third edition | p. xii |
The Cold War, 1945-89 | p. 1 |
The international politics of the Asia-Pacific | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 5 |
The impact of the Cold War and the struggles for independence, 1945-54 | p. 19 |
The application of bipolarity, 1954-70 | p. 36 |
The period of tripolarity, 1971-89 | p. 62 |
The policies of the great powers | p. 85 |
The United States and the Asia-Pacific | p. 87 |
The Soviet Union/Russia and the Asia-Pacific | p. 116 |
China and the Asia-Pacific | p. 137 |
Japan and the Asia-Pacific | p. 160 |
The post-Cold War period | p. 177 |
The era of American pre-eminence | p. 179 |
From unipolarity to multipolarity 1991-2010 | p. 181 |
The United States: from the end of the Cold War to the war on terrorism and beyond | p. 223 |
China: China's ascent to global economic power and political influence | p. 269 |
Japan: Coping with relative decline | p. 314 |
Conclusion | p. 341 |
Index | p. 347 |
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