| Description |
1 online resource (589 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1.: Introduction; 2.: The origins of the Cold War in Southeast Asia: the case of VIETNAM; 3.: The communist insurgency in MALAYSIA, 1948-1989: was it due to the Cold War?; 4.: The PHILIPPINES during the Cold War: searching for security guarantees and appropriate foreign policies, 1946-1986; 5.: Alphabet soup and nuclear war: SEATO, China and the Cold War in Southeast Asia; 6.: The Cold War and the making of SINGAPORE; 7.: THAILAND and the secret war in LAOS: the origins of engagement; 8.: The fate of neutralism in CAMBODIA and LAOS |
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9.: Before the quagmire: the US ARMY and Southeast Asia10.: What's in it for us? Rethinking the British defence commitment to SINGAPORE and MALAYSIA from Macmillan to Wilson; 11.: Beneficiary of the Cold War: Soeharto and the 'New Order' in INDONESIA, 1966-1990; 12.: The Cold War in hindsight: local realities and the limits of global power; Select bibliography; Notes on the authors; Index |
| Summary |
As World War II came to an end, a period of distrust settled over the world. Southeast Asia was no different. The spectre of Communism stalked the stage. The threat of a global nuclear war hung thick in the air. The struggle for domination between the Americans and the Russians came up against the burgeoning nationalism of the liberated states. In this highly combustible climate, what was to emerge? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cold War -- Political aspects -- Southeast Asia
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007765
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| Subject |
Southeast Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814382984 |
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9814382981 |
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