Note on Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Terms
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. The Rise of the United States
1. "A Theatre for the Exercise of the Most Ambitious Intellect": Seeds of Strategy, 1784-1860
2. "How Sublime the Pacific Part Assigned to Us": Precursors to Expansion, 1861-1898
3. "I Wish to See the United States the Dominant Power on the Shores of the Pacific": Grand Strategy in the Era of Theodore Roosevelt
II. The Rise of Japan
4. "Leave the Door Open, Rehabilitate China, and Satisfy Japan": Defining the Open Door, 1909-1927
5. "Between Non-resistance and Coercion": The Open Door Closes, 1928-1941
6. "We Have Got to Dominate the Pacific": Grand Strategy and the War Against Japan
III. The Rise of the Soviets
7. "The Overall Effect Is to Enlarge Our Strategic Frontier": Defining Containment in the Pacific, 1945-1960
8. "Anyone Who Isn't Confused Really Doesn't Understand the Situation": Asia Strategy and Escalation in Vietnam, 1961-1968
9. "An Even Balance": Nixon and Kissinger's Redefinition of Containment in Asia, 1969-1975
10. "The President Cannot Make Any Weak Moves": Jimmy Carter and the Return of the China Card, 1977-1980
11. "To Contain and Over Time Reverse": Ronald Reagan, 1980-1989
IV. The Rise of China
12. "The Key to Our Security and Our Prosperity Lies in the Vitality of Those Relationships": George H. W. Bush and the Unipolar Moment, 1989-1992
13. "Engage and Balance": Bill Clinton and the Unexpected Return of Great-Power Politics
14. "A Balance of Power That Favors Freedom": Strategic Surprise and the Asia Policy of George W. Bush
15. "The Pivot": Barack Obama and the Struggle to Rebalance Asia
Conclusion: The Historical Case for Asia Strategy
Notes
Index
Illustrations