Alliance in Anxiety: Detente and the Sino-American-Japanese Triangle [Paperback]

1. Introduction: D?tente and the Sino-American-Japanese Triangle  2. The Alliance Dilemma and the Structural Dynamics of Triangles  3. The Emergence of the Sino-American-Japanese Romantic Triangle   4. Japanese Economic Submission to the United States: A Response to the Alliance Dilemma   5. Sino-Japanese Normalization and the End of the American Romantic Triangle   6. Japan's Pursuit of Independence in Foreign Policy: A New Response to the Alliance Dilemma   7. Conclusion: An Analogy of the Triangle Between the D?tente Period and TodayThis book analyzes the structural dynamics of the Sino-American-Japanese triangular relationship by exploring how the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger announcement to pursue reapprochment with the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the context of the overal detente strategy, fundamentally altered the U.S.-Japanese relationship. It argues that the systematic structure of international relations in East Asia during the detente period was similar in significant ways to today's post-Cold War period. Highlighting the importance of China to U.S. policy options towards East Asia enables us to provide a more informed perspective on future directions of the Sino-U.S.-Japanese triangular relationship in the twenty-first century.US? by Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.