TY - BOOK ID - 101580938 TI - On dangerous ground : America's century in the South China Sea PY - 2022 SN - 019763401X 0197633994 0197634001 PB - New York, New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - South China Sea KW - Spratly Islands KW - International status. KW - History. KW - Dangerous Ground (Spratly Islands) KW - Dao Truong Sa KW - Kalayaan Islands KW - Nan-Sha Chu̕n-Tao KW - Nansha Islands KW - Nansha Qundao KW - Quan Dao Trò̕n̕g Sa KW - Shinnan Islands KW - Spratlys KW - Trò̕n̕g Sa, Quan Dao KW - Truong Sa KW - Islands of the South China Sea KW - Biển Đông KW - China Sea, South KW - Dagat Timog Tsina KW - East Sea (South China Sea) KW - Laut Cina Selatan KW - Laut Tiongkok Selatan KW - Laut Tjina KW - Mar da China Meridional KW - Minami Shinakai KW - Nan Hai KW - Nan Kai KW - Nan Zhongguo Hai KW - Thalē Čhīn Tai KW - International law. KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101580938 AB - In this work, Gregory B. Poling evaluates US interests in the world's most complex and dangerous maritime disputes: American involvement in the South China Sea. Providing a deep history of America's geostrategy in the region from the late 19th century to present day, he focuses on how the dispute intersected with the longstanding US commitment to freedom of the seas and its evolving alliance network in Asia. With a heavy emphasis on decisions made by policymakers in Washington, Manila, and other Southeast Asian capitals, this book not only provides the most comprehensive account yet of America's history in the South China Sea, but it also demonstrates how that history should inform US national security policy in one of the most geopolitically important ocean areas in the world. ER -