Cold War Southeast Asia / edited by Malcom H. Murfett.

Other author Murfett, Malcolm H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSingapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions ; Tarrytown, N.Y., USA : Marshall Cavendish Corp.,
Description376 p. : map ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Cold War--Political aspects. --Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia--Politics and government. --1945-.

Contents The origins of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the case of Vietnam / Ang Cheng Guan -- The communist insurgency in Malaysia, 1948-1989, was it due to the Cold War? / Cheah Boon Kheng -- The Philippines during the Cold War, searching for security guarantees and appropriate foreign policies, 1946-1986 / Ricardo T. Jose -- Alphabet soup and nuclear war, SEATO, China and the Cold War in Southeast Asia / Brian P. Farrell -- The Cold War and the making of Singapore / Tan Tai Yong -- Thailand and the secret war in Laos / Sutayut Osornprasop -- The fate of neutralism in Cambodia and Laos / Bruce Lockhart -- Before the quagmire, the US Army and Southeast Asia / Brian M. Linn -- What's in it for us? Rethinking the British defence commitment to Singapore and Malaysia from Macmillan to Wilson / Malcolm H. Murfett -- Beneficiary of the Cold War, Soeharto and the 'New Order' in Indonesia, 1966-1990 -- The Cold War in hindsight, local realities and the limits of global power / Merle C. Ricklefs.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 344-360) and index.
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LCCN 2012330301
ISBN9789814382144