East Asia in the World: Twelve Events That Shaped the Modern International Order [Hardcover]

This accessible collection examines twelve historic events in the international relations of East Asia.This accessible collection of essays provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new cases, patterns, and findings, helping us to move beyond Eurocentric conceptions of international relations derived from the Western experience.This accessible collection of essays provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new cases, patterns, and findings, helping us to move beyond Eurocentric conceptions of international relations derived from the Western experience.This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric experience. Written by an international team of historians and political scientists, these essays draw attention to the China-centered East Asian order  with its long history of dominance  and what this order might tell us about the current epoch.Part I. Historicizing East Asian international relations: 1. Introduction Stephan Haggard and David Kang; 2. East Asian international relations over the longue duree Kenneth M. Swope and David Kang; 3. The political economy of the East Asian maritime world in the sixteenth century Richard von Glahn; Part II. The East Asian system over time: 4. East Asia's first world war, 643668 CE Nadia Kanagawa; 5. The founding of the Korean ChosOn Dynasty, 1392 Ji-Young Lee; 6. The Ming invasion of Vietnam, 14071427 James A. Anderson; 7. Ming grand strategy during the Great East Asian War, 1592159l3E