The Pacific Basin since 1945 / Roger C. Thompson.
Material type: TextSeries: The postwar worldPublisher: Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 345 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0582423880 (hbk)
- 9780582423886 (hbk)
- DU29 T48 2001
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DU29 T48 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000121531 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-326) and index.
The nations of the Pacific Basin - in East and Southeast Asia, Australasia, the Pacific islands and the Americas - make up the world's largest economic zone, and its most culturally diverse region. In recent years its Asian 'Tiger Economies' have suffered economic collapse and unfinished business from the Cold War has produced continuing conflict and instability. This new edition of The Pacific Basin Since 1945, 2e traces the postwar inter-relationships of all the rim and island nations and gives a unique impression of the make-up of the region, and the tensions within it. The book integrates a wide range of information from books and articles; from published and unpublished sources, including recently opened Russian and American archives; and from the first-hand experiences of participants, including those of the author, in Pacific Basin affairs. Vigorously written and strongly argued, no other account brings together all the threads of the development of international relations in this complex and fascinating region. For readers interested in the Pacific Rim.