Arc of containment Britain, the United States, and anticommunism in Southeast Asia
"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"--
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Ithaca, London
Cornell University Press
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | The United States in the world
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia Universitxý |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- 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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 254 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9781501716409 978-1-5017-1640-9 |