Screen LibrarySoutheast Asia and the Cold War
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 47 |
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| Carrier Form: | xviii, 293 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415684507 (hardback) 0415684501 (hardback) 9780203116616 (ebook) 0203116615 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | D835 |
| CLC: | D835.02 |
| Call Number: | D835.02/S727 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p.[267]-281) and index. Introduction : Southeast Asia and the Cold War / Albert Lau -- Britain and the Cold War in Southeast Asia / Nicholas Tarling -- The Philippines search for security in the first years of the Cold War / Ricardo T. Jose -- Decolonization and the Cold War in Singapore, 1955-1959 / Albert Lau -- The Cold War, Malayan decolonization and the making of the Federation of Malaysia / Joseph M. Fernando -- View from the other side : early Cold War in Malaysia from the memoirs and writings of former MCP members / Danny Wong Tze Ken -- The Cold War and British Borneo : impact and legacy / Ooi Keat Gin -- "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 o |