About the Book

This second edition of Michael Yahuda's extremely successful textbook introduces students to the international politics of the Asia Pacific region since 1945. The new edition is completely updated with contemporary coverage of the economic crises and includes new chapters on:

• the current role of East Asia in world affairs
• prospects post-2000
• the strengths and weaknesses of US dominance and the challenge of other powers
• prospects for and implications of an East Asian economic recovery.