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100	1		_aCHA Victor D
245			_aPowerplay : _borigins of the U.S. alliance system in Asia / _cVictor D Cha.
260			_c2009
520			_aExplains why the United States chose to implement a series of exclusive bilateral agreements in east and southeast Asia after the Second World War rather than the multilateral arrangement favoured in Europe. The powerplay of the title denotes an asymmetric alliance by which the U.S. could exert maximum influence over a smaller ally. The system contained the USSR and also constrained 'rogue allies' who might otherwise have begun conflicts for domestic reasons and in which America did not want to be involved. Present day security arrangements in the region reflect these policies made more than fifty years ago.
650			_aASIA PACIFIC _xREGIONAL SECURITY
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY _xASIA PACIFIC
650			_aUNITED STATES _xBILATERAL RELATIONS
773			_aInternational Security : _gVol 34, No. 3, Winter 2009-10, pp.158-196 (68)
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