East Asia and the modern international order : from imperialism to the Cold War /

"Stephan Haggard and David C. Kang bring together historians and political scientists to re-examine fourteen events in twentieth-century East Asian history that shaped world and regional politics. Casestudies highlight the East Asian experience of empire, war and independence movements and shed...

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Other Authors: Haggard, Stephan (Editor), Kang, David C. (David Chan-oong), 1965- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : East Asia in the world : from imperialism to the Cold War / Stephan Haggard and David Kang
  • The myth of the San Francisco system : understanding post-World War II East Asian order / Evelyn Goh
  • Survival through reforms : Siam and its escape from colonialism / Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi
  • The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5 / Scott Wolford
  • The Chinese Exclusion Acts / Enze Han and DG Kim
  • Race and great power politics : the Japanese racial equality proposal of 1919 / Erez Manela
  • Reform, revolution, and state failure inearly twentieth century China / Richard Horowitz
  • The second Sino-Japanese War and its aftermath, 1931-1965 / Amy King
  • Japanese expansionism and the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' / JeremyYellen
  • Decentering the Cold War from the division of Korea / David Fields
  • The first and second Taiwan Straits crises / Hsiao-tingLin
  • Alliances, state-building, and development in Asia / James Lee
  • Credibility and the Vietnam War in the era of incomplete US hegemony / Khong Yuen Foong
  • Nationalism and Anglo-American neo-colonialism in Southeast Asia, 1945-1965 / Ngoei Wen-Qing
  • Mandates, trusteeship, and decolonization in the North Pacific : balancing self-determination, development, and security / Joanne Wallis and Jack Corbett
  • Conclusion : a newly-dynamic East Asian international order / Andrew Coe and Scott Wolford.