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By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 (A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American–East Asian Relations) Paperback – January 15, 2019

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Soon after the American Revolution, certain of the founders began to recognize the strategic significance of Asia and the Pacific and the vast material and cultural resources at stake there. Over the coming generations, the United States continued to ask how best to expand trade with the region and whether to partner with China, at the center of the continent, or Japan, looking toward the Pacific. Where should the United States draw its defensive line, and how should it export democratic principles? In a history that spans the eighteenth century to the present, Michael J. Green follows the development of U.S. strategic thinking toward East Asia, identifying recurring themes in American statecraft that reflect the nation's political philosophy and material realities.

Drawing on archives, interviews, and his own experience in the Pentagon and White House, Green finds one overarching concern driving U.S. policy toward East Asia: a fear that a rival power might use the Pacific to isolate and threaten the United States and prevent the ocean from becoming a conduit for the westward free flow of trade, values, and forward defense. By More Than Providence works through these problems from the perspective of history's major strategists and statesmen, from Thomas Jefferson to Alfred Thayer Mahan and Henry Kissinger. It records the fate of their ideas as they collided with the realities of the Far East and adds clarity to America's stakes in the region, especially when compared with those of Europe and the Middle East.
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Michael Green's magisterial study is a timely and insightful reminder of the deep and long-standing ties between East Asia and the United States, and the complex interplay between our economic and security interests, and our values, a dynamic which has shaped US policy for two and a half centuries. It is an indispensable point of reference for students and policy makers seeking to understand a critical region where history casts a long shadow, notwithstanding the extraordinary changes of recent years. -- James Steinberg, Syracuse University and former deputy secretary of state

With impeccable research and lucid prose, Michael Green provides a first-rate account of the deep historical roots of American grand strategy toward Asia. It is essential for understanding American policy toward a crucial region. -- Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University, and author of Is the American Century Over?

Already a renowned Japan expert, Green combines his regional knowledge with a capacious strategic mind and historical sensibility. This is one of the most impressive books I have ever read. It is consistently original, providing on every page fresh insights immersed in a compelling narrative arc, and it is destined to be a lodestar among scholarship on history, strategy, and statecraft. -- William Inboden, Chair, Clements Center for National Security, The University of Texas, Austin

Important and comprehensive study of America's relations with the region. -- Gordon G. Chang ― New York Times Book Review

Green set about filling [a] gap in the literature and he has succeeded triumphantly. His book is likely to become the standard work on the subject. -- Gideon Rachman ― Financial Times

With rich historical records and insightful analysis, this is a fascinating, most useful reference for students and scholars of US-Asia relations and American foreign policy. ― Choice

[An] essential guide to understanding U.S. policy in Asia. ― Foreign Affairs

Rich and ambitious history of US strategic thinking toward Asia ― Los Angeles Review of Books

By More Than Providence provides the greatest value in illustrating how the draw of the Asia-Pacific has been an enduring influence in the United States for nearly two-and-a-half centuries. -- Matthew T. Brundage ― Journal of American-East Asian Relations

Green brings scholarly and policymaking credentials to this tour d’horizon. ― Imperial & Global Forum

A brilliant and highly readable history of America's evolving grand strategy toward Asia and the Pacific since 1783. ― Asian Review of Books

By More than Providence is a gold mine of richly documented historical detail, informed by international relations theory, and enlivened by the hands-on policymaker’s nose for bureaucratic turf battles, clashing personalities, and Washington intrigue. . . . The Asia-Pacific has long loomed large in American strategic thinking and today its centrality is unparalleled. By More than Providence provides a sweep, power, and coherence that anchors that centrality historically. -- T.J. Pempel ― Journal of East Asian Studies

In examining U.S. grand strategy toward the Asia Pacific, he has produced a grand synthesis. ― Journal of American History

About the Author

Michael J. Green is senior vice president for Asia and Japan chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and director of Asian studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He served on the staff of the National Security Council from 2001 through 2005.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Columbia University Press; Reprint edition (January 15, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 760 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0231180438
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0231180436
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 9 inches
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Christian Schlect
5.0 out of 5 stars Our Aims in Asia Paciifc
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017
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With North Korea making hot news daily, it is highly useful for citizens (not to mention current policy-makers) to know more about how the United States historically has approached the nations and islands of the Asia Pacific. This book gives a solid and informative overview of U.S. grand strategy as applied to this region of the world, from the inception of our republic through to the end of the Obama Administration.

Threads of diplomatic, economic, and military thinking are woven into this account, which has its main focus on Japan, China, Taiwan, and the Korean peninsula. India and Australia are mentioned, but in a glancing way. I found it interesting to learn more about the key American officials and other large personalities over the years who helped set, or clashed over setting, the policies our country has pursued toward this vibrant, complex, and often dangerous policy theatre, one that has often played second fiddle to European affairs.

Michael J. Green, the author, is an expert on Japan and also a participant in some of this history from his work in the Bush II Administration.
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Ajay Pasricha
5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Green Has Written An Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2020
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This book should be crucial reading for anyone who wants to learn about US policy in East Asia. It is the only one of its kind and it covers all major strategic decisions made by the US in East Asia since 1783. Michael Green does a terrific job in explaining just how great the foresight of the founders really was as they thought about East Asia. He also confirms again the foreign policy genius of John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt and Richard Nixon.
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Traveler2015
4.0 out of 5 stars Foundational Reading for Understanding U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019
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One of the most important books I have come across in recent years related to U.S. policy in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. I thought it was valuable enough that I bought several copies to pass out to my younger colleagues in our office who are up-and-coming experts on U.S. strategy and policy in this critical region of the world.

There are a lot of excellent books out there related to this topic. Some very clinical and academic in nature such as John Miksic's book Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/9971695588/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_QONJDbXMJ81Q7) and others more basic and easier to read for non-experts on U.S. policy in the region such as Robert Kaplan's Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific (https://www.amazon.com/Asias-Cauldron-South-Stable-Pacific-ebook/dp/B00G8ELTCK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=asia+cauldron&qid=1569618832&s=gateway&sr=8-1). What I liked about this book is that it struck the right balance with me. Kaplan's book was useful as a summary of the South China Sea history and discussion on policy going forward, but it was not as insightful as I had expected. Miksic's was very insightful on the maritime history and culture of the region but very tedious to read as detailed discussion on beads and ceramics was tough to absorb. For me, Green's book struck the right balance of historical fact mixed with helpful narrative from the U.S. historical perspective. I thought this book was valuable in scoping the complex Indo-Asia Pacific policy puzzle down to a manageable size. More than likely, this may be true only because of all the other reading and studying I have done to this point, but it is precisely because it complements the dozens of other books that I have read that I found it so valuable.

It is laid out in a chronological manner, highlighting key strategic adjustments in U.S. policy over the course of more than 200 years, but not surprisingly, there is consistency in what the U.S. has done. While there may be some criticism of the current trend of U.S. strategy (or lack thereof as some may believe), Green seems to imply that the U.S. has weathered each storm and the values and beliefs that underpin U.S. society in general has served the U.S. well. He does provide a warning though that the U.S. should not be complacent and reactionary.

I recommend this book for anyone interested in U.S. strategy, U.S. policy in the Indo-Asia Pacific, and U.S. Naval foreign policy and engagement as a subset of broader U.S. foreign policy. I also recommend this book to foreign area officers who want to better understand the role of the U.S. Navy in peacetime.
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Eddie Choo
5.0 out of 5 stars A good historical summary of America’s foreign policy in Asia
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2018
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This is an outstanding book, and serves as a good introduction to the main threads of American foreign policy in Asia. Learnt a lot about the figures that made American foreign policy in Asia. Learnt a lot as well about the roles of the.
NSC, State, and Defense in policy making. A solid book for the American side of the Pacific.
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YN
5.0 out of 5 stars Why Asia matters to America foreign and domestic policy
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018
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The book makes all sense from American building-up to recent changes in pacific "strategy" if any. I found this informative and bibliography gives you a good treasure trove of research materials.
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Leo Bosner
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2017
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Excellent, highly readable, and the 548 pages really DO fly by. Definitely helpful in understanding what's going on now with the US and China, North Korea, etc.
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Matt
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Excellent Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2018
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Extremely well written and researched. I learned so much and genuinely enjoy turning these pages.
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Kenneth A. Weene
4.0 out of 5 stars Good solid academic work
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017
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This is a solid work of academic excellence, but it is slow and stolid reading. I'm glad I bought it and will eventually finish reading it, but it is certainly not a fast, easy read. I think the author is perhaps a little too sure of their own thinking and tends to present some very complex lines of thinking too quickly and without clarification so my guess is that it was developed after teaching a course and that I would find it easier to read if there were lectures provided.
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