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Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nicholas Tarling
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:504
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreWorld history
World history - BCE to c 500 CE
World history - c 500 to C 1500
World history - c 1500 to c 1750
World history - c 1750 to c 1900
World history - from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9780521033367
ClassificationsDewey:327.41059
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 18 January 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This detailed study throws light on the evolution of British policy in South-east Asia in the turbulent post-war period. Through extensive archival research and insightful analysis of the British mindset and official policy, Tarling demonstrates that South-east Asia was perceived as a region consisting of mutually co-operating new states, rather than a fragmented mass. The book covers the immediate post-war period until the Colombo plan and the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. A companion volume to Tarling's Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War, it finds parallels between Britain's approach to the threat of Japan and its approach to the threat of communism. It also shows that the British sought to shape US involvement, in part by involving other Commonwealth countries, especially India. This is a major contribution to the diplomatic and political history of South-east Asia.

Reviews

"...offers much raw material for the scholar of the modern Western presence in South-East Asia..." Matthew Jones, The International History Review "...an important book for understanding the nature of decolonization and its effect on later developments in one of the world's crucial areas." Albion "an impressive piece of research and an invaluable syudy of a crucial period in the history of post- 1945 Southeast Asia. It can be recommended to all those interested in the modern history of the region, the history of British policy in this period, or the history of the Cold War in Southeast Asia." H-NET Reviews