Trans-Pacific Relations

America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century

Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, Yoneyuki Sugita, Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, Yoneyuki Sugita

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2003
• Print ISBN: 9780275977146
• eBook ISBN: 9780313013232
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This broad-based study of Western-Asian relations considers images of and actions by the United States, along with Britain and Germany, in the course of dealings with Asian nations such as China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Other case studies focus on inter-Asian relations between Japan and Korea; China and Japan; and Thailand and Vietnam. The essays encompass a wide range of recent scholarship, including cultural, economic, demographic, and intellectual approaches to military and diplomatic themes. Western influence, primarily American, in Asia grew consistently during the 20th century. While interaction often occurred on unequal terms, this study reveals the ability of Asians to assert their agency in the face of such immense Western power. The collection as a whole offers a window on relations across the Pacific in numerous spheres of activity over the course of one hundred years. As such, it introduces and adds to our understanding of the depth and variety of trans-Pacific relations.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Series Foreword
• Introduction. The United States and the West in Asia in the Twentieth Century: The Growth and Limits of Power
• I. The West Turns to Asia: The United States, Europe, Japan, and China, 1880 to World War II
• II. American Entrenchment in Asia: World War II, Occupation, and Neo-Colonialism
• III. The Limits of Power: The United States in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in the Cold War
• IV. Orbiting the Western Sun: The Western Impact in Japan and China
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors