East Asia and the Modern International Order
East Asia and the Modern International Order
David C. Kang, University of Southern California
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USDThis crucial interdisciplinary work brings together historians and international relations specialists to re-examine fourteen events in twentieth-century East Asia that shaped world and regional politics. In a series of case studies framed by conceptual essays the authors examine key moments and their wider significance, including the Chinese Exclusion Acts in the United States; the Japanese racial equality proposal at the Versailles conference of 1919; anti-colonial movements in Southeast Asia before 1945; and the changing nature of sovereignty in the Pacific Islands. The authors decenter the Cold War in Asia away from American and European perspectives and examine how countries in the region positioned themselves given distinctive domestic coalitions. These historical examples demonstrate the unique East Asian experience of war, empire, and political independeence, shedding valuable light on contemporary international relations and the challenges faced in Asia-Pacific today.
- Brings together interdisciplinary research on key events from twentieth-century East Asian history
- Highlights the wider significance of historical examples from East and Southeast Asia to inform the study of contemporary international relations, including issues raised by China's rapid rise
- Accessible to scholars of both history and international relations
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November 2025Paperback
9781009545174
384 pages
229 × 152 mm
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Introduction: East Asia in the world: from imperialism to the cold war Stephan Haggard and David Kang
- 2. The myth of the San Francisco system: understanding post-World War II East Asian order Evelyn Goh
- Part II. The Imperial Era:
- 3. Survival through reforms: Siam and its escape from colonialism Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi
- 4. The Russo-Japanese war, 1904–5 Scott Wolford
- 5. The Chinese exclusion acts Enze Han, D. G. Kim
- 6. Race and great power politics: the Japanese racial equality proposal of 1919 Erez Manela
- Part III. To the Pacific War:
- 7. Reform, revolution, and state failure in early twentieth century China Richard Horowitz
- 8. The second Sino-Japanese war and its aftermath, 1931–1965 Amy King
- 9. Japanese expansionism and the 'greater east Asia co-prosperity sphere Jeremy Yellen
- Part IV. The High Cold War in Asia:
- 10. Decentering the cold war from the division of Korea David Fields
- 11. The first and second Taiwan straits crises Hsiao-ting Lin
- 12. Alliances, state-building, and development in Asia James Lee
- 13. Credibility and the Vietnam war in the era of incomplete US hegemony Khong Yuen Foong
- 14. Nationalism and Anglo-American neo-colonialism in Southeast Asia, 1945–1965 Ngoei Wen-Qing
- 15. Mandates, trusteeship, and decolonization in the North Pacific: balancing self-determination, development, and security Joanne Wallis, Jack Corbett
- Part V. Conclusion:
- 16. Conclusion: a newly-dynamic East Asian international order Andrew Coe and Scott Wolford
- Bibliography
- Index.
