Marc Gallicchio expertly examines the diplomatic, military, and economic struggles in which the United States, China, and the Soviet Union were pitted in the immediate aftermath of victory over Japan.
The aim of the book is to provide readers with an understanding of the important and emerging political, economic and social trends and challenges in East Asia in the coming years.There is urgency to
With its traditional growth engines failing, the world is looking to Asia for economic salvation. The rise of China, India and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries such as Indonesi
A stunning, large-format, photographic documentation of Asia's little-known tribal peoples. The peoples of tribal Asia and their customs can only be understood when we try to see the world through the
Intending the volume to be accessible to non-economists, Rajan (George Mason U.) and Rongala (a research manager with an international professional services organization in India) present 20 chapters
From the founding of the Ming dynasty in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two large-scale conflicts with its principal neighbors, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. These
Why does North Korea behave erratically in pursuing its nuclear weapons program? Why did the United States prefer bilateral alliances to multilateral ones in Asia after World War II? Why did China bec
Explore the Middle East and Central Asia! Take a look at their countries, people, cities, plants, animals, farming and industry, transportation, and leisure activities.
The threats to security in Southeast Asia have been serious and constant since the end of the Second World War. The book provides an absorbing account of the evolution of a key axis of regional stabil
How has South Korea's development influenced and been influenced by world events? The neo-Gramscian school theories that world history reveals specific periods of hegemonic stability such as during th
This is the first volume to introduce the data, theory and methodology of contemporary archaeological work in Japan and other parts of East Asia archaeology in English to western audiences. It also in
This collection documents the different ways in which Asian governments have been pursuing economic nationalism even as they have been integrating with the world economy. The book challenges the popu
For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly fr
Since World War II, students in East and Southeast Asia have led protest movements that toppled authoritarian regimes in countries such as Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand. Elsewhere in the region
"'The world today is as furiously religious as it ever was.' This quote from Peter Berger now appears to be undisputed in the contemporary social and cultural sciences. A look around the globe reveals
The salience of East Asia in the global economy is now unquestionable, and with a population of nearly 1.9 billion, its expanding markets will strongly influence the tempo of international trade and t
The Islamic community in Southeast Asia is widely regarded as one of the most moderate and tolerant in the Muslim world. While most of the region's Muslims are Sunni and fairly orthodox, the Islamic f
Exhaustively researched and updated, South Asia 2013 is an in-depth library of information on the countries and territories of this vast world region. New for 2013:a new essay examining the vital issu
Presents the locations, topographies, climates, populations, industries, languages, religions, governments, economies, ecology, and wildlife of Asian regions and countries.
Asia is no longer simply the continent to which the world turns for outsourcing and off shoring of production, leaving retailing to Western countries. Asia now contains many of the world’s largest mar
