The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945
By: Roger Buckley.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Pacific Area -- Politics and government.; Asia -- Relations -- United States.; United States -- Relations -- Asia.; United States -- Relations -- Pacific Area.; Pacific Area -- Relations -- United States.
Description: "Roger Buckley examines America's close and continuous relationship with the Asia-Pacific region from the end of the Pacific War to the first days of the presidency of George W. Bush. The author traces the responses of the US government to the major crises in the area through the Cold War decades and the initial post-Cold War years.

He demonstrates how the United States sought to maintain its dominant regional position through a series of security alliances and its own political, military and economic strengths. Roger Buckley examines the subject from geopolitical perspectives to provide a gateway to the understanding of a complex region certain to be of global importance in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-252) and index.