General Asian Politics & Government, Asia, Australasia & Oceania - Diplomatic Relations with the U.S., Diplomatic Relations - General & Miscellaneous

The Pacific Basin since 1945

Name: The Pacific Basin since 1945
Author: Roger C. Thompson
ISBN: 9780582423879

by Roger C. Thompson

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This ambitious study is the first to link together in a single integrated account the postwar interrelationships of all the rim nations of the Pacific Basin - in East and Southeast Asia, Australia, North and South America and the Pacific Islands. Pioneering and timely, it appears at a time when the focus of American foreign policy is increasingly turning westward, and Eastern Asia and the Pacific are becoming the centre of world attention politically and economically. It weaves together many themes of more than regional significance. These include the creation of Japan's new economic order in the Pacific Basin; the United States' crusades against communism, real and imagined, in Asia and Latin America; nationalist struggles for independence from colonial rule; the shifting patterns of conflict and cooperation between the rim states themselves; and historical developments in the Pacific islands, a subject too often neglected by international political commentators. The book is a synthesis of a wide range of books and articles (particularly the most recent research); of published and unpublished primary sources; and of the first-hand experiences of participants, including those of the author, in Pacific Basin affairs.

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Thompson (history, U. of New South Wales at the Australia Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia) traces the postwar interrelations of all the rim and island nations, including East and Southeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas. Topics include the creation of Japan's new economic order in the Pacific Basin, the US's crusades against communism (real and imagined) in Asia and Latin America, and unrest and suppression in East Timor. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)