Section I: The Cold War, 1945-1989. Part I: The international politics of the Asia-Pacific. The impact of the Cold War and the struggles for independence, 1945-54 -- The application of bipolarity, 1954-70 -- The period of tripolarity, 1971-89 -- Part II. The policies of the great powers. The United States and the Asia-Pacific -- The Soviet Union/Russia and the Asia-Pacific -- China and the Asia-Pacific -- Japan and the Asia-Pacific -- Section II: The post Cold War period. Part II: The era of American pre-eminence. From unipolarity to multipolarity, 1991-2010 -- The United States : from the end of the Cold War to the war on terrorism and beyond -- China : China's ascent to global economic power and political influence -- Japan : coping with reletive decline.
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