This fully revised third edition of Michael Yahuda's extremely successful textbook brings the region bang up-to-date, introducing students to the international politics of the Asia-Pacific region since 1945. As well as assessing the post-cold War...

The two major conflicts of the Cold War era were fought in Korea and Vietnam, pointing to the economic and political importance of the Asia-Pacific to the competing superpowers. In recent years the area has emerged as a force in international poli...