Title Arc of containment : Britain, the United States, and anticommunism in Southeast Asia / Wen-Qing Ngoei

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource Series The United States in the world United States in the world. Contents Introduction : recovering the regional dimensions of U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia -- Darkest moment : the fall of Singapore and "Chinese penetration" in the domino logic of American Cold War policy -- Patriot games : how British nation-building colonialism solved "Chinese penetration" and inspired the United States -- Manifest fantasies : British-Malayan counterinsurgency and nation-building in American strategy for the world (and Vietnam) -- The best hope : Malaysia in the "wide anti-communist arc" of Southeast Asia -- The friendly kings : Southeast Asia's transition from Anglo-American predominance to U.S. hegemony -- Coda : the reverse domino effect Summary "Shows how anticommunist nationalism in Southeast Asia intersected with preexisting local antipathy toward China and its diaspora, ushering the region from European-dominated colonialism to U.S. hegemony"-- Provided by publisher Analysis Decolonization, anticommunism, empire, foreign relations, Malaya, Singapore Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Communism -- Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th century Nationalism -- Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th century Postcolonialism -- Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th century Chinese -- Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Chinese Communism Diplomatic relations Nationalism Postcolonialism SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Southeast Asia Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Southeast Asia Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Subject Great Britain Southeast Asia United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018040973 ISBN 9781501716423 1501716417 9781501716416 1501716425

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