Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. From the Empress of China to the First Open Door Notes, 1784-1899
5. Early American-East Asian Relations 3
6. America and China: The Mid-Nineteenth Century 19
7. America and China: The Late Nineteenth Century 34
8. American Relations with Japan, 1853-1895: Survey and Prospect 97
9. From the Open Door Notes to the Washington Treaties
10. The Quest for Empire 131
11. 1901 - 1906 143
12. 1906-1913 155
13. 1913 - 1917 173
14. 1917 - 1922 190
15. From the Washington Treaties to Pearl Harbor
16. 1922 - 1931 221
17. 1931 - 1937 243
18. 1937 - 1941 260
19. The Forgotten Philippines, 1790-1946 291
20. From Pearl Harbor to the Present
21. America and the Chinese Revolution, 1942-1946: An Interpretation 319
22. The Truman Era 356
23. The Eisenhower Years 377
24. The Nineteen Sixties as History: A Preliminary Overview 390
25. Notes on Contributors 410
26. Index 413