Trans-Pacific Relations America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century

Subjects:

• History » American History -- 1900 to 1945
• History » American History -- 1946 to Present
• History » Asian History
• Political Science » International Relations

Reviews:

• Organized along thematic-chronological lines, these essays explore some essential aspects of Western and US influences on Asia since the late 19th century....these essays taken together provide a useful resource for understanding some major issues in 20th-century East-West relations. Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.
  —Choice October 2003
• Trans Pacific Realtions[a]dds valuable new interpretations in Asia/Pacific history.
  —Journal of American History June 2004
• This book is far from standard diplomatic, political, or military history. Most of the contibutors offer novel approaches and perspectives on unconventional issues and problems....[t]he novel ideas and arguements are quite convincing.
  —Foreign Affairs December 2003
• The wide range of views and topics contained in Trans-Pacific Relations makes it a useful addition to university libraries.
  —The Journal of Asian Studies February 2004
• Some of the novel ideas and arguments are quite convincing; others will at best serve to stir debate.
  —Foreign Affairs November/December 2003

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The United States and the West in Asia in the Twentieth Century: The Growth and Limits of Power by Jon Davidann
• The West Turns to Asia: The United States, Europe, Japan, and China, 1880 to WWII
• The Rise of an American Principle in China: A Reinterpretation of the First Open Door Notes Toward China by Yone Sugita
• Citadels of Civilization: U.S. and Japanese Visions of World Order in the Interwar Period by Jon Davidann
• U.S. and German Military and Naval Attaches in Japan, 1931-1939 by William Voss
• Struggle for National Survival: Eugenics in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Population Policies by Juliette Chung
• American Entrenchment in Asia: World War II, Occupation, and Neo-Colonialism
• The Pacific War: An Interpretation by Mark Parillo
• Japanese and American Images of Koreans: A Tale of Two Occupations by Mark Caprio
• American Military Bases in the Philippines, 1945-1965: Neo-Colonialism and Its Demise by Julian Madison
• The Limits of Power: The U.S. in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in the Cold War
• The Korean War: An Interpretive History by Stanley Sandler
• Victory and Defeat in the Vietnam War by Richard Jensen
• The Vietnam War, Thailand, and the United States by Arne Kislenko
• Orbiting the Western Sun: The Western Impact in Japan and China
• America and the Japanese Miracle: The Economic Nexus, 1945-2000 by Aaron Forsberg
• China and the Dissipation of Moral Authority: China Looks West after Mao by Jennifer Hubbert