Defence and Decolonisation in Southeast Asia

Defence and Decolonisation in Southeast Asia

Author: Karl Hack

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780700713035

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This text explains British defence policy by examining the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in Southeast Asia.


Defence and Decolonisation in South-East Asia

Defence and Decolonisation in South-East Asia

Author: Karl Hack

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1136839089

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This book explains why British defence policy and practice emerged as it did in the period 1941-67, by looking at the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in the area. Its main focus is on the 1950s and the decolonisation era, but it argues that the plans and conditions of this period can only be understood by tracing them back to their origins in the fall of Singapore. Also, it shows how decolonisation was shaped not just by British aims, but by the way communism, communalism and nationalism facilitated and frustrated these.


Cold War and Decolonisation

Cold War and Decolonisation

Author: Andrea Benvenuti

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2017-05-12

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9814722197

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Australia’s policy towards Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia influenced the course of this decolonization in the region. In this book, Andrea Benvenuti discusses the development of Australia’s foreign and defence policies towards Malaya and Singapore in light of the redefinition of Britain’s imperial role in Southeast Asia and the formation of new post-colonial states. Placed within the emerging literature on the global impact of the Cold War, the book sheds new light on the choices made – by Australia, by Britain and the new emerging states – in these crucial years.


Connecting Histories

Connecting Histories

Author: Christopher E. Goscha

Publisher: Cold War International History

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780804769433

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Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia draws on newly available archival documentation from both Western and Asian countries to explore decolonization, the Cold War, and the establishment of a new international order in post-World War II Southeast Asia. Major historical forces intersected here--of power, politics, economics, and culture--on trajectories East to West, North to South, across the South itself, and along less defined tracks. Especially important, democratic-communist competitions sought the loyalties of Southeast Asian nationalists, even as some colonial powers sought to resume their prewar dominance. These intersections are the focus of the contributions to this book, which use new sources and approaches to examine some of the most important historical trajectories of the twentieth century in Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia, and a number of other countries.


The Transformation of Southeast Asia

The Transformation of Southeast Asia

Author: Ronald W. Pruessen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-22

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1317454219

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Providing the basis for a reconceptualization of key features in Southeast Asia's history, this book examines evolutionary patterns of Europe's and Japan's Southeast Asian empires from the late 19th century through to the 1960s.


British Military Withdrawal and the Rise of Regional Cooperation in South-East Asia, 1964-73

British Military Withdrawal and the Rise of Regional Cooperation in South-East Asia, 1964-73

Author: S. Thompson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1137314486

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This book examines the links between Britain's withdrawal from its east of Suez role and the establishment of South-East Asian regional security arrangements. The link between these two events is not direct, but a relationship existed, which is important to a wider understanding of the development of regional security arrangements.


Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia

Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia

Author: Tobias Rettig

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-12-21

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1134314760

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Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia offers the reader an accessible journey through Southeast Asia from pre-colonial times to the present day with themes ranging from conquest and management to decolonization.


At the End of Military Intervention

At the End of Military Intervention

Author: Robert Johnson

Publisher: Constitutions of the Countries

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 0198725019

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Annotation Written by leading scholars and practitioners, this book explores the specifics of what happens at the end of military intervention. It draws upon on a wide range of post-1945 examples from a variety of regions and periods, providing a foundational source on what forms a crucial element of past and present interventions.


The Defence Capabilities of Small States

The Defence Capabilities of Small States

Author: Shang-su Wu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2020-01-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1137497165

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A comparison of Singapore and Taiwan presents an interesting case study for those wishing to understand how small states struggle to overcome their strategic disadvantage. Since their independence, Singapore and Taiwan have faced numerous challenges resulting from their relative strategic disadvantage. They have struggled to overcome vulnerable bases, an unformed conception of state, and weak governmental institutes for defence. While territorial borders are difficult to change, both states have focused on nation building, economic growth, and military build-up in order to overcome their predicaments. During the Cold War, both states employed similarly authoritarian policies to preserve their survival. However, in the post-Cold War era, Taiwan has experienced political and economic weakness in the face of the rising China, while Singapore, with its polity of one-party domination, has continued to strengthen its hard and soft power. This book examines the unique context for each case, drawing comparisons and offering analysis of their distinct approaches.


Conflict After the Cold War

Conflict After the Cold War

Author: Richard K. Betts

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 1000513297

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Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Richard K. Betts’s Conflict After the Cold War assembles classic and contemporary readings on enduring problems of international security. Offering broad historical and philosophical breadth, the carefully chosen and excerpted selections in this popular reader help students engage in key debates over the future of war and the new forms that violent conflict will take. Conflict After the Cold War encourages closer scrutiny of the political, economic, social, and military factors that drive war and peace. New to the Sixth Edition Eight new readings covering issues that have grown in salience since the previous edition or that present new interpretations of answers to old problems, including pieces by Robert Kagan, Edward O. Wilson, Scott D. Sagan, Robert Jervis and Jason Healey, Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Oystein Tunsjo, and Michael Beckley. Updated volume and chapter introductions and a new reading by Richard K. Betts.