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Arc of containment : Britain, the United States, and anticommunism in Southeast Asia / Wen-Qing Ngoei.
LIBRA DS525.9.U6 N36 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ngoei, Wen-Qing, 1976- author.
- Series:
- United States in the world
- The United States in the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese.
- History.
- Postcolonialism.
- Nationalism.
- Communism.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
- United States.
- Southeast Asia.
- Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
- Great Britain.
- Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Communism--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.
- Nationalism--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.
- Postcolonialism--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.
- Chinese--Southeast Asia--History--20th century.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ngoei, Wen-Qing, 1976- author. Arc of containment
- ISBN:
- 9781501716409
- 1501716409
- OCLC:
- 1050143998
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