TY - BOOK AU - Thompson, Roger C. TI - The pacific basin since 1945: A history of foreign relations of the Asian, Australasian and American rim states and the pacific islands SN - 0-582-02127-8 U1 - BCir. 823 PY - 1994/// CY - --London PB - Longman KW - Pacific Area -- Politics and government KW - Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- United States KW - United States -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area N1 - Include index; 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 ER -