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1. The International History of East Asia, 1900–1968

   Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order

   Edited by Antony Best

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book provides a broad account of the international history of East Asia from 1900 to 1968 - a subject that is essential to any understanding of the modern epoch. Whereas much of the scholarship on this subject has focused purely on the immediate origins and consequences of violent events such...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Imperial Japan and the World, 1931-1945

   Edited by Antony Best

   Series: Critical Concepts in Asian Studies

   The transformation of Japan in the years between 1931 and 1945 into an expansionist and potentially hegemonic power that threatened the stability of the international order in East Asia is a topic that is central to any understanding of the region’s history in the twentieth century. This new...

   Published November 15th 2010 by Routledge
3. International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond

   2nd Edition

   By Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze

   This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last...

   Published May 28th 2008 by Routledge
4. International History of the Twentieth Century

   By Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze

   This major new global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible account of the history of...

   Published September 10th 2003 by Routledge
5. Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour

   Avoiding War in East Asia, 1936-1941

   By Antony Best

   Recent controversies about Pearl Harbour have highlighted the need for a new assessment of British policy towards Japan during the period leading up to the Pacific War. Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour provides a thorough and authoritative account of British efforts to avert conflict with Japan,...

   Published June 28th 1995 by Routledge