Arc of Containment : Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia /

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"Shows how anticommunist nationalism in Southeast Asia intersected with preexisting local antipathy toward China and its diaspora, ushering the region from European-dominated colonialism to U.S. hegemony"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ngoei, Wen-Qing, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Postcolonialism.
Nationalism.
Diplomatic relations.
Communism.
Chinese.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Chinois > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Postcolonialisme > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Nationalisme > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Chinese > Southeast Asia > History > 20th century.
Postcolonialism > Southeast Asia > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Southeast Asia > History > 20th century.
Communism > Southeast Asia > History > 20th century.
United States.
Southeast Asia.
Great Britain.
Asie du Sud-Est > Relations exterieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations exterieures > Asie du Sud-Est.
Asie du Sud-Est > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Asie du Sud-Est.
Southeast Asia > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Southeast Asia.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : recovering the regional dimensions of U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia
  • Darkest moment : the fall of Singapore and "Chinese penetration" in the domino logic of American Cold War policy
  • Patriot games : how British nation-building colonialism solved "Chinese penetration" and inspired the United States
  • Manifest fantasies : British-Malayan counterinsurgency and nation-building in American strategy for the world (and Vietnam)
  • The best hope : Malaysia in the "wide anti-communist arc" of Southeast Asia
  • The friendly kings : Southeast Asia's transition from Anglo-American predominance to U.S. hegemony
  • Coda : the reverse domino effect

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