TY - BOOK AU - CRUMP Thomas TI - Asia-Pacific SN - 9781852855185 (hbk) : PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Hambledon Continuum KW - GLOBALIZATION KW - POLITICAL ASPECTS KW - TERRORISm KW - ASIA KW - SMUGGLING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover subtitle : A history of empire and conflict N2 - "Asia-Pacific is the first authoritative history of a region rich in history, riven with conflict and central to our world today. The political backdrop was informed by China, from the fall of its Empire at the beginning of the 20th century through to Mao Zedong's revolution ER -