Arc of Empire : America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam /
"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 Americ...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2012]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : four wars and the problem of empire
- The Philippines, 1899-1902: the imperial impulse unleashed
- Japan, 1941-1945: securing dominance
- Korea, 1950-1953: dominance challenged
- Vietnam, 1965-1973: dominance undone
- Conclusion: empire and aftermath.