The United States, China and Southeast Asian Security
Subtitle: A Changing of the Guard?
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780333995655
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; International relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; China; South East Asia; USA; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / International Security; Asia, Southeastern; Foreign relations; National security; United States
First sentence: Speaking in 1991, a United States (US) official reflecting on how dramatically the East Asia region had changed in the 20 years since he had arrived in Washington noted that 'In the early 1970s, the region was engulfed in war and great power confrontation, burned by millennial poverty, and challenged by aggressive communist movements.