The Armed Forces of the USA in the Asia‐Pacific Region

This book appears to be the first in a series of books on the armed forces in Asian countries: 16 of them to judge by the list of forthcoming titles. The USA, of course, cannot claim to be an Asian country, but with some 100,000 American soldiers, sailors, marine and air personnel “forward deployed” in the Western Pacific, not to mention its forces on the high seas, eight Trident ballistic missile submarines each with 24 Trident missiles (eight warheads apiece) operating in the area, and its “superpower” capabilities ready to be deployed at short notice, it is a very real...