The Making of Northeast Asia

by Kent E. Calder, Min Ye, Kent Calder

Book Overview

Northeast Asia, where the interests of three major nuclear powers and the world's two largest economies converge around the unstable pivot of the Korean peninsula, is a region rife with political-economic paradox. It ranks today among the most dangerous areas on earth, plagued by security problems of global importance, including nuclear and missile proliferation. Yet, despite its insecurity, the region has continued to be the most rapidly growing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804769222
• ISBN13: 9780804769228
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"