Abstract
Pacific Strife. The Great Powers and Their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870–1914, written by Kees van Dijk
Highlights
Van Dijk contends that a greater European, American, and Japanese presence in the Pacific following the opening of the Suez Canal (1869), the crowning of Wilhelm i as emperor of Germany (1871), and the completion of the transcontinental railway in North America (1869) ‘made the Pacific an arena of fierce competition between the powers’ (p. 16)
While Van Dijk discusses the familiar motivations for imperialism, such as the ambition to become a world power, revanchism, commercial expectations, and strategic considerations, he argues that concerns over spheres of influence were crucial in the Pacific rivalries
The remaining chapters of Pacific Strive can be divided according to the three distinct phases in the development of the great power rivalries that Van Dijk distinguishes
Summary
Van Dijk contends that a greater European, American, and Japanese presence in the Pacific following the opening of the Suez Canal (1869), the crowning of Wilhelm i as emperor of Germany (1871), and the completion of the transcontinental railway in North America (1869) ‘made the Pacific an arena of fierce competition between the powers’ (p. 16). Pacific Strife contains twenty-four chapters, most of which examine particular case studies of geopolitical competition during the period under study.
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