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Outposts of Empire : Korea, Vietnam, and the Origins of the Cold War in Asia, 1949-1954 by Steven Hugh Lee (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-100773514201
ISBN-139780773514201
eBay Product ID (ePID)495857
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOutposts of Empire : Korea, Vietnam, and the Origins of the Cold War in Asia, 1949-1954
Publication Year1996
SubjectAsia / General, World / General, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorSteven Hugh Lee
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"An impressive book. One of the very few books to look at the policies of the United States, Britain, and Canada in the Far East, it is innovative in argument and careful in judgment." J.L. Granatstein, History, York University.
Dewey Decimal327.7305/09645
SynopsisDrawing on a wide range of recently declassified documents, Lee outlines the regional and international context of American diplomatic history towards Korea and Vietnam and analyses the relationship between containment, the bipolar international system, and European and American concepts of empire at the beginning of the era of decolonization. He argues that although policy makers in the United Kingdom and Canada adopted a more defensive containment policy towards Communist China than the United States did, they generally supported American attempts to promote pro-Western ?lites in Korea and Vietnam. This is an important book for anyone interested in American foreign policy, Anglo-American relations, Asia and the international system, and British and Canadian foreign policies., Drawing on a wide range of recently declassified documents, Lee outlines the regional and international context of American diplomatic history towards Korea and Vietnam and analyses the relationship between containment, the bipolar international system, and European and American concepts of empire at the beginning of the era of decolonization. He argues that although policy makers in the United Kingdom and Canada adopted a more defensive containment policy towards Communist China than the United States did, they generally supported American attempts to promote pro-Western élites in Korea and Vietnam. This is an important book for anyone interested in American foreign policy, Anglo-American relations, Asia and the international system, and British and Canadian foreign policies., Following World War II the United States, determined to prevent the extension of Soviet and Communist Chinese influence, took the lead in organizing the defence of Western interests in Asia. Steven Lee explores the foreign policy objectives of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, and examines the role that economic and military aid played in their attempts to establish pro-Western, anti-Communist governments on the periphery of Communist East Asia., Drawing on a wide range of recently declassified documents, Lee outlines the regional and international context of American diplomatic history towards Korea and Vietnam and analyses the relationship between containment, the bipolar international system, and European and American concepts of empire at the beginning of the era of decolonization. He argues that although policy makers in the United Kingdom and Canada adopted a more defensive containment policy towards Communist China than the United States did, they generally supported American attempts to promote pro-Western lites in Korea and Vietnam. This is an important book for anyone interested in American foreign policy, Anglo-American relations, Asia and the international system, and British and Canadian foreign policies.
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