Details

* Hardcover: 784 pages
* Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd (November 30, 2009)
* ISBN-10: 1848850794
* ISBN-13: 978-1848850798

EMPIRES

AT

WAR

Empires at War gives a dramatic narrative account of how this 'Modern Asia' came into being.Taking the bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August as its starting point, Francis Pike's magisterial Empires at War chronicles the modern fortunes of fourteen Asian countries. The story is set in the context of the battle for control of Asia between the American and Soviet Empires. Francis Pike also shows that the long drawn out war between these adversaries was a continuation of a 100-year competition for power in the region between these and other nations.

'A fantastic work of scholarship which ought to become the standard work. Francis Pike's knowledge, erudition, eye for the telling detail and sheer breadth of scope is truly astonishing.'

Andrew Roberts
author of The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900

'An absolute page-turner and deeply learned. Empires at War is the best and most comprehensive account of the history of Asia since World War II that I know. Francis Pike's narrative is gripping, original and entertaining.'

Dr Simon May, writer and philosopher,
Birkbeck College, University of London;
former Professor of Philosophy at Tokyo University

'A stunning piece of work'

Norman Stone,
formerly Professor of Modern History at Oxford University
and author of Europe Transformed, 1878–1919
and The Eastern Front, 1914–1917