By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 (Hardcover)

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