The Great Powers In East Asia: 1953-1960 [Hardcover]

Warren I. Cohen (Author), Akira Iriye (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1990 | Series: The U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction

/I>The Great Powers of East Asia: 1953-1960 are written by some of the world's leading scholars. They contain new information, fresh insights, and useful analyses. The first series of essays focuses on the evolution of American policy. American historians examine the workings of the the Department of State and the Pentagon, and an American and a Chinese analyze the foreign economic policy of the Eisenhower administration in East Asia. The second series of essays is Japan-centered. Together these essays constitute an important contribution to the writing of international history. The contributors reveal the levels of understanding the major powers has of each other and of the smaller nations of the region, informed by different national experiences. The threads they weave together create a far richer tapestry than a national or binational approach could ever produce.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book not only provides fresh, superb analyses of Eisenhower's foreign policies in the Far East, but it gives us revealing dialogues between, of course, Eisenhower 'revisionists' and non-revisionists, and especially, between distinguished British, Soviet, Japanese, United States, and, of special note, Chinese experts on the foreign policies of the 1950s. -- Walter LaFeber Cornell University

About the Author

Warren I. Cohen is Professor of History and formerly Director of the Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University. He is the author of America's Response to China, The Chinese Connection, and New Frontiers in American-East Asian Relations, all published by Columbia University Press.Akire Iriye is Professor of History, Harvard University. His books include After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921-1931; Pacific Estrangement: Japanese and American Expansion, 1897-1911; and Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 331 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press (April 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231071744
• ISBN-13: 978-0231071741
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,153,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)