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By More Than Providence - Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 (Hardcover)
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By More Than Providence - Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 (Hardcover)
Series: A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-East Asian Relations
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Soon after the American Revolution, ?certain of the founders began
to recognize the strategic significance of Asia and the Pacific and
the vast material and cultural resources at stake there. Over the
coming generations, the United States continued to ask how best to
expand trade with the region and whether to partner with China, at
the center of the continent, or Japan, looking toward the Pacific.
Where should the United States draw its defensive line, and how
should it export democratic principles? In a history that spans the
eighteenth century to the present, Michael J. Green follows the
development of U.S. strategic thinking toward East Asia,
identifying recurring themes in American statecraft that reflect
the nation's political philosophy and material realities. Drawing
on archives, interviews, and his own experience in the Pentagon and
White House, Green finds one overarching concern driving U.S.
policy toward East Asia: a fear that a rival power might use the
Pacific to isolate and threaten the United States and prevent the
ocean from becoming a conduit for the westward free flow of trade,
values, and forward defense. By More Than Providence works through
these problems from the perspective of history's major strategists
and statesmen, from Thomas Jefferson to Alfred Thayer Mahan and
Henry Kissinger. It records the fate of their ideas as they
collided with the realities of the Far East and adds clarity to
America's stakes in the region, especially when compared with those
of Europe and the Middle East.
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Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-East Asian Relations |
Release date: |
March 2017 |
Authors: |
Michael Green
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 51mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
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Pages: |
760 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-18042-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
0-231-18042-X |
Barcode: |
9780231180429 |
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