The Pacific Basin since 1945 : A History of the Foreign Relations of the Asian, Australasian and American Rim States and the Pacific Islands (The Pos)

Thompson, Roger C.

Longman Pub Group（1994/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780582021280
• DDC分類 909.0982309045

Full Description

This postwar study of the history of the Pacific Basin links together the interrelationships of the rim nations of east and southeast Asia, Australia, North and South America and the Pacific Islands. It looks at the various different regions and how they all interconnect. It explores major themes such as: the creation of Japan's new economic order in the region; the United States' crusades against communism, real and imagined, in Asia and Latin America; national struggles for independence against colonial rule; and the shifting patterns of conflict and co-operation between the rim states themselves. In addition, the book demonstrates the influence of the Cold War on the affairs of the Pacific Basin and the major historical forces which have shaped them. It also discusses the possible future outcome resulting from the influences of economic inequality, cultural diversity, continued colonial control and trade rivalry.

Contents

1. Postwar Reconstruction and Political Changes 1945-1949. 2. Containing the Advance of Asian Communism 1950-1960. 3. Confrontations and Co-operation in East and Southeast Asia 1961-1968. 4. Detente, Disengagement and lnvasion in East and Southeast Asia 1969-1979. 5. Arresting Communism in Latin America 1945-1979. 6. Independence for some Pacific Islands 1945-1980. 7. Asian Economic Expansion and Strategic Change since 1980. 8. Conflicts and Coups in the Islands since 1980. 9. War and Co-operation in the Western Hemisphere since 1980.