Arc of Empire
Hunt, Michael H. / Levine, Steven
Although conventionally treated as separate, America's four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained US bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. Devoting equal attention to Asian and American perspectives, the authors follow the long arc of conflict across seventy-five years from the Philippines through Japan and Korea to Vietnam, tracing along the way American ambition, ascendance, and ultimate de...