Cold War Asia : a visual history of global diplomacy / edited by Matthew Phillips, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK, Naoko Shimazu, Tokyo College, International Institute for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo.
| Other author | Phillips, Matthew (Historian), editor. |
| Other author | Shimazu, Naoko, 1964- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
| Description | 249 pages |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : visual sources and diplomacy / Matthew Phillips and Naoko Shimazu -- Reframing non-alignment : Tito, Sukarno and the 1961 Belgrade Conference / Dejan Djokic -- In the image of Imelda : the surrogate diplomacy of the First Lady / Patrick Flores -- Meeting of the kings : the dream factory and Cold War diplomacy / Jirayudh Sinthuphan -- Conquering the world : King Bhumibol's 1960 visit to Burma on film / Matthew Phillips -- Between style and substance : West German President Heinrich Lübke in Indonesia in 1963 / Christian Goeschel -- A photograph with two stories : Lisa Larsen and the Bandung Conference of 1955 / Naoko Shimazu -- Waxwork wars : exhibiting the Japanese surrender over half a century in Singapore / Paul Rae -- Cosmic envoy : interkosmos and the poetics of late socialist spaceflight / Gerard Sasges -- A diplomatic image and its afterlife : Bangkok 1967 and ASEAN's creation myth / Deepak Nair -- Picturing power : a photographer's view / Tom White. |
| Abstract | "This innovative collection uses visual sources to explore the role of Asia in Cold War global diplomacy. Scholars across disciplines demonstrate how leaders in the region exploited the symbolic value of diplomacy to emphasise their agency in relationships with Great Powers, shedding new light on how culture shapes international relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cold War Asia Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 9781009379649 |
| LCCN | 2024015827 |
| ISBN | 9781009379618 |
| ISBN | 1009379615 |
| ISBN | 9781009379601 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1009379607 |
| ISBN | (epub) |