War and State Terrorism: The United States, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific in the Long Twentieth Century

by Alvin Y. So and Mark Selden

Book Overview

If the past hundred years will be remembered as a century of war, Asia is surely central to that story. Tracing the course of conflicts throughout the region, this groundbreaking volume is the first to explore systematically the nexus of war and state terrorism. Challenging states' definitions of terrorism, which routinely exclude their own behavior, the book focuses especially on the nature of Japanese and American wars and crimes of war. The authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742523918
• ISBN13: 9780742523913
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"