Contents:
  • Geopolitical ecology of US hegemony
  • Strong states, weak societies : state and class in the Asian rimlands
  • The making of industrial behemoths : patterns of state intervention and industrial organization
  • Crisis of US hegemony and the growth of regional economic integration in Pacific-Asia
  • Debts and delusions : crumbling of a regional economy
  • A bonfire of illusions
  • Epilogue : a future imperfect: Remaking a regional economy.