Thompson, Roger C.

The pacific basin since 1945 : A history of foreign relations of the Asian, Australasian and American rim states and the pacific islands/ by Roger C. Thompson - London: Longman, c1994 - xiv, 353p.: 21.6cm

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Chapter 1. Postwar Asian reconstruction and political changes, 1945-1949 --2. Containing the advance of Asian communism, 1950-1960 --3. Confrontations and cooperation in east and southeast asia, 1961-1968 --4. Détente, disengagement and invasion in east and southeast asia, 1969-1976 --5. Independence for some pacific islands, 1945-1980 --6. Arresting communism in latin America, 1945-1979 --7. Asian economic expansion and strategic change since 1980 --8. Conflicts and coups in the islands since 1980 --9. War and cooperation in the western hemisphere since 1980.

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Pacific Area -- Politics and government.
Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area.

BCir. 823 / T371p 1994