The Scramble for Asia
U.S. Military Power in the Aftermath of the Pacific War
Seiten
2008
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-4437-6 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-4437-6 (ISBN)
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As American generals and diplomats accepted Japan's surrender on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in September 1945, allied combatants wrestled for power in the new post-war world. The decisions made to effect Japan's surrender entangled U.S. forces on the mainland of Asia for the next two years, and helped shape the next several decades of international relations in the Far East.
Marc Gallicchio expertly examines the diplomatic, military, and economic struggles in which the United States, China, and the Soviet Union were pitted in the immediate aftermath of victory over Japan. The Allied victory was but a prelude to an American search for a lasting peace across Asia, stretching from Korea to Vietnam and out to the Pacific atolls.
In seeking to shape events on the mainland, the administration of Harry S. Truman confronted the anomalous nature of American power. The military operations undertaken by the United States in the early days of post-war peace affected developments in Asia in unexpected ways. As Gallicchio makes clear, Americans would soon find that the scramble for Asia from 1945 to 1947 had set the stage for future conflict in the region.
Marc Gallicchio expertly examines the diplomatic, military, and economic struggles in which the United States, China, and the Soviet Union were pitted in the immediate aftermath of victory over Japan. The Allied victory was but a prelude to an American search for a lasting peace across Asia, stretching from Korea to Vietnam and out to the Pacific atolls.
In seeking to shape events on the mainland, the administration of Harry S. Truman confronted the anomalous nature of American power. The military operations undertaken by the United States in the early days of post-war peace affected developments in Asia in unexpected ways. As Gallicchio makes clear, Americans would soon find that the scramble for Asia from 1945 to 1947 had set the stage for future conflict in the region.
Marc Gallicchio is professor of history at Villanova University. His book, The African American Encounter with Japan and China: Black Internationalism in Asia, 1895–1945, won the Robert H. Ferrell Senior Book Award from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is also the editor of The Unpredictability of the Past: Memories of the Asia-Pacific War in U.S.-East Asian Relations.
Preface
Chapter 1: Intermission
Chapter 2: The Politics of Surrender
Chapter 3: The High Water Mark
Chapter 4: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy
Chapter 5: Occupational Hazards
Chapter 6: A Lingering Presence
Conclusion: No Peace for Asia
Selected Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2008 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 458 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7425-4437-0 / 0742544370 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7425-4437-6 / 9780742544376 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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