The Scramble for Asia: U.S. Military Power in the Aftermath of the Pacific War

by Marc S. Gallicchio

Book Overview

Marc Gallicchio expertly examines the diplomatic, military, and economic struggles in which the United States, China, and the Soviet Union were pitted in the immediate aftermath of victory over Japan. The Allied victory was but a prelude to an American search for a lasting peace across Asia, stretching from Korea to Vietnam and out to the Pacific atolls.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742544389
• ISBN13: 9780742544383
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"