Knowledge Production in Cold War Asia

Yuka Tsuchiya Moriguchi is a professor of American History at Kyoto University. She is the author of Science, Technology and the Cultural Cold War in Asia: From Atoms for Peace to Space Flight and many other books and articles on US cultural/science diplomacy during the Cold War.Shin Kawashima is Professor of International Relations at the University of Tokyo. He authored China in the 21st Century and Frontier of China, among others, and edited Xi Jinping's China and many other volumes.Somei Kobayashi is Professor at College of Law, Nihon University. He is the author of Media Space of Koreans in Japan: Newspapers During the Allied Occupation of Japan and many articles on East Asian History in the Cold War era and Korean Studies.

"This book lends a fascinating view into the competition for scientific and professional authority that erupted as Cold War battle lines were drawn across Asia. Expertise symbolized legitimacy, progress, and a universal reason that could transcend ideological divides. In compelling detail, the authors reveal an unpredictable time when knowledge itself was up for grabs: who could claim and control it, where it could be exported, and what institutions would house it. An outstanding contribution to the intellectual history of twentieth-century Asia."—Nick Cullather, author of Illusions of Influence: The Political Economy of United States-Philippines Relations, 1942-1960"This book offers English readers deeper insight into the wide-ranging layers of how the US finessed selling its knowhow and infrastructure education to Asia. Conversely, the reception these programs received in East Asia as aid or propaganda is analyzed in equal measure. The result offers a holistic view on the unequal balances of power through knowledge during the Cold War."—Barak Kushner, author of The Geography of Injustice: East Asia's Battle between Memory and History"This is an extremely valuable contribution to filling the intellectual vacuum of the Cultural Cold War. The immensely informative and well-researched chapters in this work illuminate how academic and professional knowledge was generated in post-WWII East Asia, leading us to reevaluate the nature of the Cold War in the region."—Hsiao-ting Lin, author of Taiwan, the United States, and the Hidden History of the Cold War in Asia: Divided Allies"The essays in Knowledge Production in Cold War Asia offer a comprehensive and essential exploration of the knowledge exchange between the US and East Asia during the Cold War. The book highlights East Asia's pivotal role in reshaping global intellectual landscapes—not merely as a recipient but as a dynamic producer of Cold War knowledge through adaptation, resistance, and innovation."—Ran Zwigenberg, author of Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Yuka Tsuchiya Moriguchi, Shin Kawashima, and Somei KobayashiPart I: Area Studies1. The United States and Taiwanese Sinology during the Cold War: The Ford Foundation and the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, by Shin Kawashima2. Cold War Collaborations: Japanese Studies in the United States, 1945–1960, by Miriam Kingsberg Kadia3. Debates on Modernization Theory at the Hakone Conference: Discrepancies in Value Systems and Perspectives on History, by Masaki Fujioka4. The Dawn of Korean Studies and Knowledge Production on Korea during and after the Pacific War, by Somei KobayashiPart II: Scientific Knowledge5. The Emergence of China's Nuclear Research: Between the Civil War and the Cold War, by Yuko Sato6. The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project and Taiwan: Nuclear Technological Aid by a US Public University, by Yuka Tsuchiya Moriguchi7. Rediscovery of a Cold War Space: The Politics of Science in the DMZ Ecological Survey, by Manyong MoonPart III: Practicing Knowledge8. US Aid, Journalism Education in Taiwan, and a Transnational Network of Chinese-Speaking Journalists, by Mike Shichi Lan9. The Cold War, US International Educational Exchange, and the Development of Hong Kong's Journalism and Communication Education, by Yang Zhang10. US Educational Exchange Programs for Foreign Journalists and Changes in South Korean Journalism, by Jae Young Cha11. Civic Action as Counterinsurgency in South Korea: Cold War at the Grassroots within and beyond the National Borders, by Eun HeoIndex