Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

The Balance of Power in East Asia

  • Book
  • © 1986

Overview

Editors:
  1. Michael Leifer
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: RUSI Defence Studies (RUSIDS)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Powers, Past and Present

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Britain’s Route to and from the Far East

      • Lord Beloff
      Pages 3-15

    3. The United States in East Asia: China’s Response

      • Jonathan Mirsky
      Pages 16-29

    4. The United States in East Asia: Japan’s Perspective

      • Ian Nish
      Pages 30-43

    5. The Soviet Union in East Asia

      • Gerald Segal
      Pages 44-58

  3. Regional Powers and Regional Conflicts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
      Download chapter PDF

    2. China: An International Power?

      • Brian Beedham
      Pages 61-72

    3. Japan’s Foreign and Security Policies

      • Brigadier Kenneth Hunt
      Pages 73-83

    4. Australia’s Outlook on Asia

      • Philip Towle
      Pages 84-96

    5. Indochina: An Arena of Conflict

      • John Addis
      Pages 97-106

    6. Korea’s Changing Security Environment

      • Richard Sim
      Pages 107-116

  4. Regional Cooperation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
      Download chapter PDF

    2. The Role and Paradox of ASEAN

      • Michael Leifer
      Pages 119-131

    3. Trade and Asian Pacific Nations

      • Louis Turner
      Pages 132-139

  5. Regional Prospects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
      Download chapter PDF

    2. The Balance of Power and Regional Order

      • Michael Leifer
      Pages 143-154

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 155-157
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Based on lectures delivered at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation