Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Tables and Plates
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: From the Drums of War to the Drums of Development
A Moment in the Cold War with China: 2006
History in the Present Tense
Industrial Transformation and Developmental States
Development, Industrialisation, and Social Struggle
Drums of War, Drums of Development: The Chapters
Part 1 Theoretical Moorings: Geo-political Economy, the Military-Industrial Complex, and the Ruling Class
1 Reconstituting Geo-political Economy
Introduction
Geo-political Economy and Class
Geo-political Economy and Transnational Politics
Geo-political Economy and Actually Existing Globalisation
Methodological Moorings in Geo-political Economy
Strategic-Relational Geo-political Economies of the Conjuncture
2 The US Military-Industrial Complex and the Ruling Class
Introduction
Theorising War and Capitalist Class Transformation
Class Fractions and Specialists in Violence
Theorising the Development of the US Military-Industrial Complex
The Concept of the Ruling Class
The Ruling Class and the MIC Personified: Van Fleet, Bonny, and Komer
The Ruling Class: A Unity-in-Diversity
From the US MIC to the Pacific Ruling Class
Part 2 Foundations of The Pacific Ruling Class and East Asian Industrialisation: Anticommunism and the Formation of Construction States in East Asia
3 Pacific Ruling Class Formation: The United States, Japan, and China
Introduction: Producing a Pacific Ruling Class
Anticommunism: The Cement of the Pacific Ruling Class Alliance
The United States and Japan: From Occupation to Alliance
The United States, the Two Chinas, and Vietnam
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Japan, and China
Wars and Rumours of Wars: Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East
Conclusion
4 Expansion of the Pacific Complex: The Entry of the South Korean Chaebol
Jim Glassman with Young-Jin Choi
Introduction: Negotiating the MIC in South Korea
Reconceptualising the Korean Developmental State and Chaebol Networks
The Geo-political Economy of the Park Chung Hee Regime
The Korean Chaebol Enter the Pacific Ruling Class
Military Capitalism and the South Korean Construction State
Conclusion
Part 3 The Pacific Ruling Class and Regional Development: Expansion of the Pacific Ruling Class and Authoritarian, Anticommunist Developmentalism
5 Regional Allies and Differing Developmental Paths within the Complex: Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore
Introduction
Marginalising the ROC Military Elite: The Vietnam War and the Transformation of the Taiwanese Developmental State
Southeast Asian Differences
Conclusion: Different Constructions of National Developmentalism
6 Regional Mosaic: War, Hierarchy, and Pacific Ruling Class Formation
Introduction
Flying Geese or Fighter Squadron? A Geo-political Economy of Regional Hierarchy
Rituals of Diplomacy, Cultures of Difference, and Regional Hierarchy
Anticommunism and Authoritarian Developmentalism in East Asia
From Orientalism to Modernisation to Asian Values
Conclusion
Conclusion: The Drums of Development and Capitalist Globalisation
Reprise
The Philippines: Neo-colonial Redux and Violent Devolution
Thailand: The Revenge of the Royalists
South Korea: Securitising Politics
Taiwan: The Return of the Guomindang, and the DPP
Japan: The Rise of Abenomics and Japanese Remilitarisation
The United States: From the War on Terror to the Pivot to Asia
China: Back to Shanghai
Regional Frictions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
