The International Politics of the Asia Pacific: Second Edition (Politics in Asia) - Hardcover

Yahuda, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415207975 ISBN 13: 9780415207973

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

This second edition of Michael Yahuda's extremely successful textbook introduces students to the international politics of the Asia Pacific region since 1945. The new edition is completely updated with contemporary coverage of the economic crises and includes new chapters on:

• the current role of East Asia in world affairs
• prospects post-2000
• the strengths and weaknesses of US dominance and the challenge of other powers
• prospects for and implications of an East Asian economic recovery.

About this title

Review:

""A masterful reinterpretation of East Asian international relations since 1945. The book captures the complex interplay of international developments, regional conflicts and domestic politics within the major powers. Merits a wide audience.."" -Michael Oksenberg, Stanford University "An excellent introduction to the international politics of the Asia Pacific.."" -Political Studies "This book should be immensely useful to all those interested in the geopolitics of Asia." -Shri S K Bhutani, IFS "U.S.I. Journal, April-June 2005

About the Author:

Michael Yahuda is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK and visiting scholar, the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The Elliot School, George Washington University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415207975
• ISBN 13: 9780415207973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376