Firmly grounded in the scholarly expertise and teaching experience of Center faculty, the America's Wars project takes a long view of the Asia Pacific, Korean, and Vietnam Wars. First, we locate each of these wars within the context of American interaction with Asia over a span of many decades.
History is our starting point.
Second, we believe that war illuminates the features of a given society, expanding our capacity to comprehend its distinctive cultural, social, and political values and characteristics. Third, we recognize that war engenders and accelerates change within and among societies in conflict. The study of war enhances our ability to grasp the ongoing evolution of American-Asian relations and modern Asian history. The project insists upon the complex and contested character of war. It employs a cultural approach that is defined by two tensions.