Charting America's Cold War Waters in East Asia Book contents
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Tables, and Maps
- Abbreviations
- Conventions
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Finding a Local Partner in Post-war Maritime East Asia
- 2 The Creation of a Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 3 Vying for Top Dog: The Navy–Army Struggle in Maritime East Asia
- 4 Termination of the Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 5 The 1950 Crises and America’s Changing Posture of Defence
- 6 The Making of a New Maritime Strategy
- 7 The International Law of the Sea and America’s Unreliable Partners
- 8 America’s Strange Bedfellows in the International Arena
- 9 Fishing for Protein in Cold War East Asia
- 10 Jostling for Position: Black Gold, Natural Resource Exploration, and Shifting Political Contours
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Creation of a Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2024
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
- Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Tables, and Maps
- Abbreviations
- Conventions
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Finding a Local Partner in Post-war Maritime East Asia
- 2 The Creation of a Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 3 Vying for Top Dog: The Navy–Army Struggle in Maritime East Asia
- 4 Termination of the Mainland-Based Forward Strategy
- 5 The 1950 Crises and America’s Changing Posture of Defence
- 6 The Making of a New Maritime Strategy
- 7 The International Law of the Sea and America’s Unreliable Partners
- 8 America’s Strange Bedfellows in the International Arena
- 9 Fishing for Protein in Cold War East Asia
- 10 Jostling for Position: Black Gold, Natural Resource Exploration, and Shifting Political Contours
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 argues that the perception of a threat from the Soviet Union spurred the US Navy to adopt a forward-deployed posture of defence. This naval strategy sought to deploy US naval forces in strategically valued harbours around the areas surrounding the Soviet Union so as to politically and militarily deter the Kremlin from extending its influence in the western Pacific. Moscow’s control over Port Arthur and Dalian in the northeastern part of China led the US Navy to establish the headquarters of the Seventh Fleet at the port of Qingdao, which it treated as a hub for defending America’s international security in maritime East Asia. The US Navy aimed to establish a balance of power in maritime East Asia by preventing its potential adversary, the Soviet Union, from becoming a regional hegemon. By August 1945, nascent Cold War rivalry was already discernible in the western Pacific rim, and the contours of the Cold War were palpable in maritime East Asia.
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- Charting America's Cold War Waters in East AsiaSovereignty, Local Interests, and International Security, pp. 51 - 77Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024