The political and moral imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955 : the reactions of the US, UK and Japan / by Kweku Ampiah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ampiah, Kweku.

Series:

Brill eBook titles 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian-African Conference--(1st : 1955 : Bandung, Indonesia). Bandung Committee.

Asian-African Conference.

Afro-Asian politics.

World politics--1945-1955.

World politics.

Asia--Foreign relations.

Asia.

Asia--Foreign relations--1945-1960.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now fifty years on, with significantly more primary references available,Kweku Ampiah’s study provides a much-needed in-depth re-evaluation of the conference as a whole, focusing in particular on the external influences and preoccupations impacting on the participants seen through three case studies involving the US, UK and Japan.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / K. Ampiah

Introduction / K. Ampiah

1. Neutralism As A Political Force In Asia In The Mid-1950s / K. Ampiah

2. US Attitudes Towards The Conference: From Revulsion, To ‘Benevolent Indifference’, And Reluctant Acceptance / K. Ampiah

3. Britain And Bandung: Whitehall’s Prognosis / K. Ampiah

4. Japan’s Journey Back To Asia And The New Foreign Policy Of Independence / K. Ampiah

5. Conclusion / K. Ampiah

Appendix 1. Final Communiqué Of The Asian-African Conference / K. Ampiah

Appendix 2. Proposal For Economic Cooperation / K. Ampiah

Appendix 3. Address Of Mr Tatsunosuke Takasaki, Principal Japanese Delegate, Before The Asian-African Conference / K. Ampiah

Appendix 4. President Sukarno’s Opening Speech / K. Ampiah

Bibliography / K. Ampiah

Index / K. Ampiah.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-80580-7

9786611805807

90-04-21338-4

OCLC:

753480452

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781905246403.i-252 DOI