Problems & Prosects Asi/h
This issue-oriented multidisciplinary approach to American-East Asian relations asks provocative questions and presents a thoughtful appraisal of the situation today. Using a wide range of sources-among them recently declassified government documents-the authors examine U. S. relations with China Japan and Korea. Issues discussed include thenew policy toward the People's Republic of China (Was there in fact a sudden shift in U. S. policy?); the attitudes of the American people and Congress toward the Republic ofChina; the friction between the United States and Japan and the implications of the existing imbalance in trade between the two countries; and the potential for continuing and increasing problems in U. S. Korean relations. Throughout the authors present an analysis of past and current conditions as a tool for use in formulating sound effective policy for the future. | Problems & Prosects Asi/h