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Power and primacy : a recent history of Western intervention in the Asia-Pacific

Title
Power and primacy : a recent history of Western intervention in the Asia-Pacific / A.B. Abrams.
Author
Abrams, A. B.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2019]

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Description
xi, 739 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Today the Asia-Pacific region stands on the edge of major change, with centuries of western-dominated regional order being seriously challenged and quite possibly nearing an endpoint. The emergence of a potential new order dominated by regional rather than extra regional powers--an 'Asia for the Asiatics' in the words of Japan's pan-Asian scholars--means it is now more than ever crucial to understand the history of the current western-dominated system, the full implications should it continue and the nature of the West's intentions towards the region. This book attempts to elucidate the complex and little-known history of western intervention in the Asia-Pacific, providing information critical to understanding contemporary developments"--
Subject
  • Since 1945
  • Intervention (International law)
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Asia > Foreign relations > 1945-
  • Asia > Foreign relations > Western countries
  • Western countries > Foreign relations > Asia
  • Asia
  • Western countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 19-8611
ISBN
  • 9781788746120
  • 1788746120
LCCN
2018057323
OCLC
1078971326
Author
Abrams, A. B., author.
Title
Power and primacy : a recent history of Western intervention in the Asia-Pacific / A.B. Abrams.
Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1945
Research Call Number
JFE 19-8611
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