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Empires on the Pacific
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Empires on the Pacific Paperback - 2002

by Thompson, Robert, Thompson, Robert S

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  • Title Empires on the Pacific
  • Author Thompson, Robert, Thompson, Robert S
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 472
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-12-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 40539167-6
  • ISBN 9780465085767 / 0465085768
  • Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.14 x 1.01 in (23.42 x 15.60 x 2.57 cm)
  • Reading level 1110
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Dewey Decimal Code 194

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First line

Early September, 1793, a meeting took place that would prove to be the first great collision of East and West, King George III had commissioned George, Lord Macartney, a British diplomat, and his entourage, to create an embassy in China, expand British trade in the country, and introduce Christianity into the Middle Kingdom.

About the author

Robert Smith Thompson teaches at the University of South Carolina. His book A Time for War: FDR and the Path to Pearl Harbor was the first serious work to argue that FDR provoked the attack on Pearl Harbor as a way of justifying America's entry into war. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina.