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  • The ABCs of Cold War History
    Bruce A. Elleman
    A short, but highly relevant, history of the Cold War, 1919-1994, and its significance today. The 75-year Cold War pitted the Anglo-American world against the Soviet Bloc, with China, the ultimate prize. ...
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    28,55 €

  • The United States Navy’s Pivot to Asia
    Bruce A. Elleman
    This book examines the origins of the U.S. Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the U.S. government’s 'Pivot to Asia' strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. The book also explores the internal and external repercussions on the U.S. Navy of the Pivot to Asia. ...
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    77,26 €

  • Principles of Maritime Power
    Bruce A. Elleman
    This concise but exhaustive treatment of sea powers examines the strengths and weaknesses of maritime power, including chapters on mutiny, blockades, coalitions, expeditionary warfare, piracy, commerce raiding, and soft power operations. Throughout, Elleman analyzes the competition between land power and sea power strategies. ...
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    51,31 €

  • The Impact of Coincidence in Modern American, British, and Asian History
    Bruce A. Elleman
    In 21 case studies, this short book examines the distinctive coincidental history of America, Britain, and various Asian countries during the twentieth century. ...
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    36,02 €

  • Taiwan Straits Standoff
    Bruce A Elleman / Bruce A. Elleman
    Following the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu). Twice in the 1950s tensions peaked, during the first (1954-55) and second (1958)...
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    57,71 €

  • A History of the Modern Chinese Navy, 1840-2020
    Bruce A. Elleman
    This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present. Beginning with a survey of naval developments in earlier imperial times, the book goes on to show how China has since the mid-nineteenth century four times built or rebuilt its navy. ...
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    82,42 €

  • The Making of the Modern Chinese Navy
    Bruce A Elleman / Bruce A. Elleman
    ’The Making of the Modern Chinese Navy’ includes 14 historical case studies that help to illuminate a number of special characteristics of the modern-day Chinese navy. ...
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    82,40 €

  • Seaborne Perils
    Bruce A Elleman / Bruce A. Elleman / Bruce AElleman
    This book integrates a number of multinational, multiregional, and historical cases of piracy, maritime crime, and seaborne terrorism. ...
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    50,13 €

  • International Competition in China, 1899-1991
    Bruce A. Elleman
    China’s recent economic reforms have opened its economy to the world. This policy, however, is not new: in the late nineteenth century, the United States put forward the Open Door Policy as a counter to European exclusive ’spheres of influence’ in China. This book, based on extensive original archival research, examines and re-evaluates China’s Open Door Policy. It considers th...
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    90,96 €

  • Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989
    Bruce A. Elleman
    A survey of Chinese warfare, both internal and international, from the opium wars of the 1840s through to the end of Vietnam. ...
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    94,29 €