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Conflict and confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965 : Britain, the United States, and the creation of Malaysia /

"In the early 1960s, Britain and the United States were still trying to come to terms with the powerful forces of indigenous nationalism unleashed by the Second World War. The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation--a crisis which was, as Macmillan remarked to Kennedy, 'as dangerous a situation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Matthew, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Britain, the United States and the South East Asian setting
  • pt. I. Build-up. The Kennedy Administration, Indonesia and the resolution of the West Irian crisis, 1961-1962
  • The Greater Malaysia scheme I : the move towards merger
  • The Greater Malaysia scheme II : the Cobbold Commission and the Borneo territories
  • Britain, Indonesia and Malaya : from West Irian to the Brunei revolt
  • pt. II. Outbreak. The emergence of confrontation : January-May 1963
  • The path to the Manila summit, May-July 1963
  • From the Manila summit to the creation of Malaysia : August-September 1963
  • Avoiding escalation, September-December 1963
  • pt. III. Denouement. The diplomacy of confrontation, Anglo-American relations and the Vietnam War, January-June 1964
  • Escalation, upheaval and reappraisal, July 1964-October 1965
  • Conclusion: The Western presence in South East Asia by the 1960s.