East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784, A-M - Hardcover

James I. Matray

9780313324468: East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784, A-M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313324468 ISBN 13: 9780313324468

Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group, 2002

In a series of in-depth essays, this book describes the United States' response to diplomatic, economic, military, political, and cultural developments in East Asia. While focusing particularly on China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the encyclopedia also provides solid coverage of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan. Written by distinguished scholars from nine countries, the entries cover all of the significant people, controversies, conflicts, and agreements of the past two centuries.

Individual entries, many of which were written by the acknowledged authority on the subject, reflect the most current thinking and up-to-date research, and include sources of additional information. The book includes:

�A chronology

�17 maps

�A list of acronyms

�A personnel summary

�A selected bibliography

This encyclopedia will be useful to Asian specialists and students, as well as scholars in the broader fields of international history and foreign relations, making it an excellent resource for public and academic libraries.

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Book Description:

In a series of in-depth essays, this book describes the United States' response to diplomatic, economic, military, political, and cultural developments in East Asia.

Review:

"James Matray has pulled off the Trifecta of academic reference books by making the East Asia and The United States comprehensive, accurate, and, above all, readable. These short, informative essays by specialists covers a remarkably varied array of people, nations, political controversies, treaties, military struggles, and cultural themes central to understanding the past two centuries of American relations with East Asia. Students and scholars alike will turn to it as a reliable guide to the field and a pleasure to read in its own right. This will be a `must buy' for both personal and insitutional libraries."

(

Michael Schaller

Professor of History

The University of Arizona

)

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