East Asia at the Center (eBook)

Warren I. Cohen is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Preface1. The Emergence of an International System in East AsiaIn the beginning there was ChinaOther rooms, other voicesEmpire of the Han, challenge of the XiongnuThe diffusion of powerChinaKoreaJapanSoutheast AsiaConclusion2. Shadows over Tang SplendorThe SuiThe Years of Tang AscendanceKorea, Japan, and Southeast Asia3. East Asia UncenteredLate TangThe Tibetan FactorThe demise of the Tang DynastyNortheast AsiaSoutheast AsiaThe Song reunify ChinaKoryoJapanSoutheast Asia in TurmoilConclusion4. The Mongol AscendancyChinggis Khan and his sonsKhubilai Khan and the ChineseAsian Resistance to Khubilai as Universal RulerThe last days of the YuanConclusion5. The Resurgence of Chinese Power and the Coming of IslamRise of the MingKoreans, Japanese, and Ryukyu IslandersSoutheast Asia and the spread of IslamMing China on the eve of the Portuguese intrusionConclusion6. Europe and Japan Disrupt the East Asian International OrderArrival of the PortugueseThe Ming under SiegeThe Rise of Japanese PowerOther Europeans: The Arrival of the Dutch and the EnglishSoutheast Asia: Magnet for the WestLast Days of the MingConclusion7. The Great Qing EmpireRebuilding of the "Chinese" empireJapan and KoreaSoutheast Asia in fluxApproach of the British empireConclusion8. Triumph of the WestThe British are comingThe Yanks are comingFrance's quest for gloryRussia as a Pacific powerAnd then there were the DutchConclusion9. The Ascendance of JapanRestoration and self-strengthening in ChinaThe Meiji RestorationJapan ascendantThe United States as an East Asian PowerThe Boxer WarIn the light of the Rising SunConclusion10. Challenge to the WestDevelopment of the Japanese empireThe Rise of Chinese nationalismNationalism elsewhere in East AsiaWashington and Moscow look to East AsiaNationalist revolution in ChinaCrisis in Manchuria11. War and Decolonization, 1932-1949In the beginning it was ManchuriaChina imperiledWar comes to AsiaJapan's Greater East Asia Co-prosperity SphereThe war ends in East AsiaDecolonization in Southeast AsiaConclusion12. The Cold War in AsiaThe occupation of JapanRevolution in ChinaWar in KoreaSoutheast Asia and the Cold WarChina, Taiwan, and the United StatesConclusion13. The Resurgence of East Asian Economic PowerJapan as # 1Little DragonsSoutheast AsiaChina joins the world market economyThe Japan that can say noConclusion14. On the Eve of the 21st CenturyDisaster at TiananmenDemocracy comes to TaiwanThe Korean peninsula: democracy and nuclear weaponsRed star over Hong KongCrisis in Southeast AsiaConclusionClosing ThoughtsFurther ReadingIndex