Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Return to South-East Asia; 1 Wartime planning and diplomacy; 2 The dilemma of peace in South-East Asia; 3 'Famine averted': the Special Commission in Singapore; 4 Regional cooperation and regional defence; Part II Asian nationalism; 5 India, Vietnam and the limits of colonial cooperation; 6 Singapore and the 'radiation of British influence'; 7 Regional competition: India and Australia
8 Regional competition: the United Nations and ECAFE9 Western Union and South-East Asia; Part III Communism; 10 Cold War and Commonwealth; 11 Enter the dragon: South-East Asia and the Chinese civil war; 12 Regional cooperation and regional containment; 13 The final stages of regional planning; 14 To Colombo and beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book, first published in 1995, traces the attempt by the British Foreign Office to establish an international regional organisation in South-East Asia which would allow Britain to dominate the region politically, economically and militarily. The author explores the changing emphasis of Britain's regional policies and puts the issues affecting South-East Asia in the post-War period into a wide context. He explores events in the light of the Japanese defeat in the Second World War, the Communist struggle for supremacy of China, the development of Anglo-American relations in Asia and the beg
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field
