What were the causes of the Southeast Asia financial crisis of 1997 and what was the impact on U.S. economy?
These sites will help your with your answer to those questions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_financial_crisis
http://www.fas.org/man/crs/crs-asia2.htm
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/50/index-a.html
