Description
Ralph Smith was a highly respected historian who, at the time of his death in December 2000, had nearly completed a manuscript chronicling changes in the East Asia region since 1943. This fascinating work, completed and edited by Chad Mitcham, one of Ralph Smith窶冱 former students, himself a specialist and established author in this field, draws together the product of Professor Smith窶冱 research at archives in Britain, France, Japan and the United States, extensive reading and international travel from 1966 to 2000. The book also incorporates a distillation of ideas and themes explored in his earlier papers, articles and books, including Ralph Smith's pioneering three volume work, An International History of the Vietnam War. It shows how both Ralph Smith窶冱 thinking about the future course of the region and the broader context of regional prospects radically changed throughout this turbulent time.
As Ralph Smith窶冱 last major research project, carried out from 1997 to 2000, the book has evolved from his 1997 paper 窶老isions of the Future: East Asia in 1943 and 1993窶�, delivered in the Huang Hsing Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony窶冱 College, Oxford. It is a vital contribution to post-war Asian history.
Table of Contents
EDITOR窶儡 NOTE PREFACE LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED IN TEXT INTRODUCTION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS PROLOGUE: THE SEATTLE 窶牢UMMIT窶�, NOVEMBER 1993 PART I: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1943 1. THE TOKYO CONFERENCE AND THE 窶賂REATER EAST ASIA PERSPECTIVE, 1943 2. US, BRITISH AND COMMUNIST PERSPECTIVES ON EAST ASIA, 1943: TOWARDS A POST窶展AR GLOBAL ECONOMY PART II: THE 窶呂OLD WAR窶� IN EAST ASIA: 1953 AND 1963 3. A WORLD DIVIDED INTO TWO CAMPS窶�: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1953 4. THE CHALLENGE TO 窶連MERICAN IMPERIALISM窶�: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1963 PART III: ASIAN窶撤ACIFIC DIMENSIONS OF TRIANGULAR DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL FINANCE: 1973 5. NIXON窶儡 NEW STRATEGY: THE US, CHINA AND THE FUTURE OF SOUTH窶摘AST ASIA, NOVEMBER 1973 6. DIRECTIONS OF GROWTH: THE US, JAPAN, AND ASIAN CAPITALISM: MAY-DECEMBER 1973 PART IV: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE 窶連SIAN MIRACLE窶�: 1983-4 AND 1993 7. A 窶朗EW COLD WAR窶�, AUTUMN 1983 8. THE REAFFIRMATION OF AMERICAN CENTRALITY (AUTUMN 1983) AND 窶狼HE REAL 1984窶� 9. CAPITALISM MOVES AHEAD - REVOLUTIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, 1993 EPILOGUE: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
