作者:
Richard McGregor 出版社: Viking 副标题: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century 出版年: 2017-9-5 页数: 416 定价: USD 28.00 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780399562679
Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten...
Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II. Combined with Donald Trump’s disdain for America’s old alliances and China's own regional ambitions, east Asia is entering a new era of instability and conflict. If the United States laid the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asia’s Reckoning reveals how that structure is falling apart.
With unrivaled access to archives in the United States and Asia, as well as to many of the major players in all three countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale that blends the tectonic shifts in diplomacy with bitter domestic politics and the personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of the great powers of Asia. The about-turn of Japan—from a colossus seemingly poised for world domination to a nation in inexorable decline in the space of two decades—has few parallels in modern history, as does the rapid rise of China—a country whose military is now larger than those of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and southeast Asia's combined.
The confrontational course on which China and Japan are set is no simple spat between neighbors: the United States would be involved on the side of Japan in any military conflict between the two countries. The fallout would be an economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes, and political capitals on every continent. Richard McGregor’s book takes us behind the headlines of his years reporting as the Financial Times’s Beijing and Washington bureau chief to show how American power will stand or fall on its ability to hold its ground in Asia.
(石桥湛山)He also thought that Tokyo should reconcile with Beijing, rebuild its business interests in China, and avoid taking sides in the cold war, all popular positions in Japan at the time. Ishibashi, however, had a severe stroke and was forced to step aside. Kishi, an ideological and political rival, took his place, a transfer of power that, in retrospect, might have altered the course of history in east Asia.
With an eye on renegotiating the U.S. defense pact on better terms, Kishi（岸信介） turned his back on China and resisted pressure to further liberalize trade with Japan’s giant neighbor. On a trip to Taiwan, he said he would consider it “a wonderful success if Chiang Kai-shek can retake the mainland,” a statement that was a red flag to the CCP in Beijing. Kishi’s（岸信介） refusal in 1958 t... (查看原文)
Kishi’s（岸信介） differences with Hatoyama(此处指鸠山一郎) over U.S. and China policy in the 1950s would be replicated with eerie echoes more than fifty years later, when Hatoyama’s(此处指鸠山一郎) grandson Yukio Hatoyama（鸠山由纪夫） angered Washington with his efforts to draw closer to China after his election as prime minister in 2009. Shinzō Abe（安倍晋三）, Kishi’s （岸信介）grandson, who took over as prime minister in 2012, repudiated the Hatoyama（鸠山由纪夫） policy and strengthened ties to the United States, antagonizing China. Half a century apart, the reactions in Washington and Beijing to these warring Japanese political dynasties were much the same. The United States disliked the pro-China policies pursued by both Hatoyamas（此处指鸠山由纪夫） and worked actively against them, to the point where Washington undermined their ad... (查看原文)
It's widely believed that the key to the lock of East Asia perennial disputed affairs is buried deeply in the history. Then this ambitious journalist presented this comprehensive and almost archival r...It's widely believed that the key to the lock of East Asia perennial disputed affairs is buried deeply in the history. Then this ambitious journalist presented this comprehensive and almost archival record to the public stretching from post-war period to 2015.
Really admire the writer's formidable rein of massive materials…(展开)
6 有用 clover 2018-03-01 11:23:53
The Americans like the Chinese, but they don't like China. They like Japan, but don't like the Japanese.
3 有用 人在鹭洲 2018-03-23 22:30:23
近五十年中日美三国外交史——中国：架打输了就得认命，老老实实当小弟；日本：架打输了我承认，但不能永远当小弟；美国：你们都不要闹，让我安静地做老大。
4 有用 古德曼 2017-12-24 22:32:46
It's widely believed that the key to the lock of East Asia perennial disputed affairs is buried deeply in the history. Then this ambitious journalist presented this comprehensive and almost archival r... It's widely believed that the key to the lock of East Asia perennial disputed affairs is buried deeply in the history. Then this ambitious journalist presented this comprehensive and almost archival record to the public stretching from post-war period to 2015. Really admire the writer's formidable rein of massive materials… (展开)
1 有用 theSkywalker 2020-01-12 21:57:30
中日美外交关系一向是我很感兴趣的话题，书里有很多平时看不到的八卦历史
0 有用 伊西力安 2018-12-19 13:39:23
作者曾是记者，非正规学术著作，但故事细节足够丰富，视角多元，语言生动诙谐，作为业余参考可读性很强。