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

Author: Nicholas Tarling

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-10-13

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780521632614

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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.

Britain, Southeast Asia and the Impact of the Korean War
Britain, Southeast Asia and the Impact of the Korean War

Author: Nicholas Tarling

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9789971693152

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A sequel to the author's Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War (Cambridge University Press, 1996) and Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 1998), this book discusses Britain's policy towards Southeast Asia in the period 1950-55, when it was crucially affected by the struggle in Korea. The phases in that struggle - briefly described and placed in a world context - provide a context for discussing Britain's relations with Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, and Indochina. Covering the dispute over West New Guinea and the Chinese Nationalist incursion into Burma, the book gives a full account of the Geneva conference 50 years ago, which reached a settlement in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and of the creation of the SEATO alliance. The focus of the work is on British policy, and it is largely based on a study of British official records.

Britain and Regional Cooperation in South-East Asia, 1945-49
Britain and Regional Cooperation in South-East Asia, 1945-49

Author: Tilman Remme

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-10

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 131745121X

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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 beginnings of the Cold War.

Britain and China 1945-1950
Britain and China 1945-1950

Author: S.R. Ashton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1135279586

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An examination of Britain's relations with China from the end of the World War II to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. This volume demonstrates how Britain's effort to recover something of its pre-war commercial pre-eminence in China were handicapped by its post-war financial weakness.

The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction
The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction

Author: Robert J. McMahon

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0198859546

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Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.

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 Clandestine Cold War in Asia, 1945-65
The Clandestine Cold War in Asia, 1945-65

Author: Richard J. Aldrich

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1136330917

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A range of clandestine Cold War activities in Asia, from intelligence and propaganda to special operations and security support, is examined here. The contributions draw on newly-opened archives and a two-day conference on the subject.

Southeast Asia and the Cold War
Southeast Asia and the Cold War

Author: Albert Lau

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0415684501

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The origins and the key defining moments of the Cold War in Southeast Asia have been widely debated. This book focuses on an area that has received less attention, the impact and legacy of the Cold War on the various countries in the region, as well as on the region itself. The book contributes to the historiography of the Cold War in Southeast Asia by examining not only how the conflict shaped the milieu in which national and regional change unfolded but also how the context influenced the course and tenor of the Cold War in the region. It goes on to look at the usefulness or limitations of using the Cold War as an interpretative framework for understanding change in Southeast Asia. Chapters discuss how the Cold War had a varied but notable impact on the countries in Southeast Asia, not only on the mainland countries belonging to what the British Foreign Office called the "upper arc", but also on those situated on its maritime "lower arc". The book is an important contribution to the fields of Asian Studies and International Relations.