The World Reshaped: Volume 2: Fifty Years after the War in Asia

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Half a century ago, much of Asia lay in ruins, shattered by the long years of total war. Fifty years later, much of the region has been transformed. Asia today is an economic powerhouse, generating wealth and prosperity on an enormous scale. An increasing number of Asian countries have embraced a market economy and adapted their political structures to accommodate the resulting economic and social changes. The so-called 'Asian Dragons' are roaring ahead. Japan, then Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea led the way, followed more recently by countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, and now Vietnam and the Philippines are set to join the dragon family. Economic revolution in China, combined with the steady liberalization of the Indian economy, will spur future economic growth, not just in Asia but in the world. This volume investigates the economic, military and political aspects of the remarkable developments in this part of the world over the past fifty years. It also looks tentatively into the future, to hazard a guess at what the next fifty years may hold. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Field-Marshal Lord Slim and the Burma Campaign....Pages 1-16 ‘The Forgotten Army’ and the Capture of Mandalay 8-20 March 1945....Pages 17-45 The War in the Pacific: The Liberation of Manila 1945 – A Philippine Perspective....Pages 46-56 The War in Korea....Pages 57-69 Postwar Japan....Pages 70-80 Selected Statements by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of Japan Concerning the Fiftieth Anniversary of the End of the War....Pages 81-86 The Security and Arms Control Policies of Japan....Pages 87-99 The New World Order and India’s Place In It....Pages 100-111 The Future of Asia....Pages 112-122 The Taiwan Experience: Economic Development and Political Democratization....Pages 123-135 The Extension of ASEAN’s Model of Regional Security....Pages 136-153 Pacific Security in the Pacific Century?....Pages 154-170 Back Matter....Pages 171-176