ABSTRACT

This book examines the role of the international financial system in the development of Pacific Asia and, conversely, the region's growing influence on North America and the world economy. It looks at the distant future, being devoted primarily to understanding the emergence of modern Pacific Asia.

chapter 101|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|59 pages

Dynasties, Empires, and Ages of Commerce

Pacific Asia to the Nineteenth Century

chapter 2|41 pages

Seaborne Barbarians

Incursions by the West

chapter 3|42 pages

Meiji

Japan in the Age of Imperialism

chapter 5|27 pages

Maelstrom

The Pacific War and Its Aftermath

chapter 6|33 pages

Miracle by Design

The Postwar Resurgence of Japan

chapter 7|52 pages

The New Asian Capitalists

chapter 9|41 pages

Sentimental Imperialists

America’s Cold War in Asia

chapter 11|28 pages

Beyond the Revolution

Indonesia and Vietnam

chapter 12|21 pages

Siberian Salient

Russia in Pacific Asia