Roberson, John R

Presents the history of Japan from the arrival of the first Europeans in the sixteenth century to its mid-twentieth century development into a leading industrial nation.

A history of China during the last three centuries, from the time Western nations began to play an important part in Chinese affairs.

Examines the history of Japan through various stages of progress and isolationism, including its rise to world power, up to the present day and the current Asian economic crisis.

Traces the history of Russia from the late seventeenth-early eighteenth century reign of Peter the Great through the establishment of a new republic in 1991.