Modern far eastern international relations

In 1934 when the late Professor Harley F. MacNair* first started work on this book, it was his intention to present for students in Ameri can colleges and universities a comprehensive discussion of far eastern history in the twentieth century. In his original plan he did not intend to limit the book to political history and the relations of the nations of the Far East with each other and with the nations of the West. Rather he hoped to write a lengthy introduction to the developments of the present century in which the economic, social, and cultural developments within the Far East and between the countries of eastern Asia and the West would receive more than a word in passing. The twentieth century itself was to receive similar treatment. Since he had already written a number of books and articles relating to international relations and to the political aspects of China's recent history, this new book, he had hoped, would include the generalizations derived from two decades and more of intense study and intimate acquaintance with eastern Asia, its peoples, traditions, and cultures.