Arc of Empire America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam

Name: Arc of Empire America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam
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ISBN: 9781469613925

ISBN-10: 1469613921

ISBN-13: 9781469613925

Edition: 2014

Authors: Michael H. Hunt, Steven Levine

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Although conventionally treated as separate, America's four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This effort unfolded as an imperial project in which military power and the imposition of America's political will were crucial. Devoting equal attention to Asian and American perspectives, the authors follow the long arc of conflict across seventy-five years from the Philippines through Japan and Korea to Vietnam, tracing along the way American ambition, ascendance, and ultimate defeat. They show how these wars are etched deeply in eastern Asia's politics and culture.The authors encourage readers to…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Michael H. Hunt is Emerson Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author or editor of eleven books, including The American Ascendancy: How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance and A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives.