TY - BOOK AU - A.B Abrams PY - 2022 CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9781800799325 TI - Power and Primacy: A History of Western Intervention in the Asia-Pacific T2 - 2023 Updated Edition DO - 10.3726/b19890 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1290505 N2 - East Asia has been a growing focal point of geopolitical conflict since the 1940s, and today increasingly sits at the heart of the global economy and high tech as rising regional powers challenge the centuries-old primacy of the Western world. With half a millennium of Western dominated order in the region facing unprecedented challenges and possibly nearing its end, it is now more than ever essential to understand the history behind it and its objectives. This book undertakes the task of elucidating the complex and little-known history of the West’s involvement in the Asia-Pacifi c, providing context critical to understanding contemporary developments. KW - Western hegemony, East Asia, West’s involvement in the Asia-Pacific, Western intervention in East Asia, Geopolitics in East Asia, Conflict in East Asia, Power and Primacy: A History of Western Intervention in the Asia-Pacific, A. B. Abrams LA - English ER -