Arc of Empire (eBook)

America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam

Michael H. Hunt, Steven Levine (Autoren)

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2012
352 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-8256-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Although conventionally treated as separate, Americas four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This effort unfolded as an imperial project in which military power and the imposition of Americas political will were crucial. Devoting equal attention to Asian and American perspectives, the authors follow the long arc of conflict across seventy-five years from the Philippines through Japan and Korea to Vietnam, tracing along the way American ambition, ascendance, and ultimate defeat. They show how these wars are etched deeply in eastern Asias politics and culture.The authors encourage readers to confront the imperial pattern in U.S. history with implications for todays Middle Eastern conflicts. They also offer a deeper understanding of Chinas rise and Asias place in todays world.For instructors: An Online Instructors Manual is available, with teaching tips for using Arc of Empire in graduate and undergraduate courses on Americas wars in Asia. It includes lecture topics, chronologies, and sample discussion questions.

Autor

Michael H. Hunt is Emerson Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author or editor of twelve books, including The American Ascendancy: How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance and A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives.

Steven Levine is research faculty associate in the Department of History at the University of Montana and author or editor of seven books, including Anvil of Victory: The Communist Revolution in Manchuria, 1945-1948 and America's Wars in Asia: A Cultural Approach to History and Memory.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 24 halftones, 6 maps, notes, index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: American wars • China • chosin reservoir • Cold War • Communist parties • Douglas MacArthur • East Asia • Emilio Aguinaldo • Empire • Guadalcanal • Harry Truman • Heartbreak Ridge • Home Front • imperialism • Iwo Jima • Japan • Korea • Korean War • Mao Zedong • Marine Corps • Nationalism • Ngo Dinh Diem • Ngo Dinh Diem / • Nguyen Van Thieu • Pearl Harbor • Pham Van Dong • Saipan • Southeast Asia • Soviet Foreign Policy • Syngman Rhee • TET Offensive • The Philippines • U.S. foreign relations • Vietcong • Vietnam • Vietnam War • Vo Nguyen Giap • war and memory • war atrocities • wartime culture • wartime medical services • William McKinley • World War II
• ISBN-10: 0-8078-8256-9 / 0807882569
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-8256-6 / 9780807882566