Rivalry and confrontation were part of this epic. From the sixteenth tothe nineteenth century European powers contested for the riches of theEast and the West, the wealth of the ocean, and territory to satecolonial ambitions. Since that time full-blooded conflicts developedbetween Asian states and between Asia and the Western powers. As amajor trading power in the Pacifc with no tradition of territorialexpansion, and as a respected peacekeeper, Canada...
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