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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Obama and China's rise Obama and China's rise Jeffrey A. Bader "Detailed evaluation from an insider of the Obama administration's efforts, between 2009 and spring 2011, to develop a stable relationship with China while countering China's rise by reinforcing and … OL16474537W
Descent into chaos Descent into chaos Ahmed Rashid Examines how the failure of the nation building policies of the United States have contributed to increased instability in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, a result which represents the greatest threat… OL16516905W
Fierce enigmas Fierce enigmas Srinath Raghavan "South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Rag… OL19763406W
The Blood telegram The Blood telegram Gary J. Bass A full-length account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's brutal 1970s military dictatorship argues that they encouraged China's military presence in India, illegall… OL19972521W
The United States and Asia The United States and Asia Robert G. Sutter "Offers a cogent overview of the historical context and enduring patterns of U.S. relations with Asia ... Robert G. Sutter provides a balanced analysis of post-Cold War dynamics in Asia, which involv… OL20019734W
Easternization Easternization Gideon Rachman "Easternization is the defining trend of our age--the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power. This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all ove… OL20052753W
Avoiding Armageddon Avoiding Armageddon Bruce O. Riedel "Traces the history of the United States, India, and Pakistan as British colonies and their interaction in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly in regard to relations between India … OL22643111W
USA and the Cold War in Asia, 1945-1975 USA and the Cold War in Asia, 1945-1975 Derrick Murphy,Mike Wells 74 p. ; 25 cm OL27782427W
Conflict and confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965 Conflict and confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965 Matthew Jones In the early 1960s, Britain and the United States were still trying to come to terms with the powerful forces of indigenous nationalism unleashed by the Second World War. The Indonesia-Malaysia confr… OL2907669W
Redefining American policy in Southeast Asia Redefining American policy in Southeast Asia Pye, Lucian W. v, 37 p. ; 26 cm OL4109092W
The widening gulf The widening gulf Selig S. Harrison xi, 468 pages : 24 cm OL4824362W