Introduction: theories of progress and the nation-state system -- The modernization project: U.S. hegemony and national development ; Development economics ; Modernization theory -- The globalization project: U.S. hegemony and the passing of national development ; The neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian miracle ; The vicissitudes of the new Asian renaissance ; The rise and decline of the developmental state -- The transformation of Asia: The communist challenge and the changing global order ; The Asian challenge and the changing global order -- Conclusion: The battle for Asia

1. Globalization
2. Decolonization -- Asia
3. Cold war
4. Asia -- History -- 1945-
5. Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
6. Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
7. Asia -- Social conditions