This accessible collection examines twelve historic events in the international relations of East Asia.

Part I. Historicizing East Asian international relations: 1. Introduction Stephan Haggard and David Kang; 2. East Asian international relations over the longue duree Kenneth M. Swope and David Kang; 3. The political economy of the East Asian maritime world in the sixteenth century Richard von Glahn; Part II. The East Asian system over time: 4. East Asia's first world war, 643-668 CE Nadia Kanagawa; 5. The founding of the Korean Chos¿n Dynasty, 1392 Ji-Young Lee; 6. The Ming invasion of Vietnam, 1407-1427 James A. Anderson; 7. Ming grand strategy during the Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 Kenneth M. Swope; 8. The Qing unification, 1618-1683 Pamela Kyle Crossley; Part III. Contact: East and West: 9: The Zheng state and the fall of Dutch Formosa, 1662 Tonio Andrade; 10. The Opium Wars of 1839-1860 Richard S. Horowitz; 11. Matthew Perry in Japan, 1852-4 Alexis Dudden; 12. Philippine national independence 1898-1904 Andrew Yeo; 13. The Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 Seo-Hyun Park; 14. The death of Eastphalia, 1874 Saeyoung Park; Conclusion: 15. East Asian history and international relations Andrew J. Coe and Scott Wolford.