Kuan-Jen Chen (Taiwan Academia Sinica)

Charting America's Cold War Waters in East Asia

Sovereignty, Local Interests, and International Security

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book helps us comprehend the shifting political contours in postwar East Asia from a maritime perspective. The first of its kind in the English language, this book is for students, military professionals, specialists in East Asian history, and readers interested in international history more generally.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781009418751
• ISBN-10: 1009418750
• Artikelnr.: 69720985

Autorenporträt

Kuan-Jen Chen is Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. His research focuses on Cold War history, modern East Asia, and US foreign policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Finding a Local Partner in Postwar Maritime East Asia
2. The Creation of a Mainland-based Forward Strategy
3. Vying for Top Dog: the Navy-Army Struggle in Maritime East Asia
4. Termination of the Mainland-based Forward Strategy
5. The 1950 Crises and America's Changing Posture of Defence
6. The Making of a New Maritime Strategy
7. The International Law of the Sea and America's Unreliable Partners
8. America's Strange Bedfellows in the International Arena
9. Fishing for Protein in Cold War East Asia
10. Jostling for Position: Black Gold, Natural Resource Exploration and Shifting Political Contours
Epilogue
Bibliography.