The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945

by Roger Buckley

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In a fast-moving and incisive narrative, Roger Buckley examines America's close and continuous relationship with the Asia-Pacific region from the end of the Pacific War to the first days of the Presidency of George W. Bush. The author traces the responses of the United States government to the major crises in the area through the Cold War decades and the initial post-Cold War years. He demonstrates how the US sought to maintain its dominant regional position through a series of security show more alliances and its own political, military and economic strengths. Professor Buckley examines the subject from geopolitical perspectives to provide a gateway to the understanding of a complex region certain to be of global importance in the twenty-first century. show less

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Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
327.7305Society, government, & culturePolitical scienceInternational Relations: SpiesNorth AmericaUnited StatesU.S.-Asian Relations
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DS35.2 .B83History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaHistory
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