The Changing Face of Southeast Asia / [by] Amry Vandenbosch [and] Richard Butwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vandenbosch, Amry, 1894-

Contributor:

Butwell, Richard, 1929-1987.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southeast Asia--Politics and government--1945-.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, [Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1966.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Southeast Asia, whose alienation might tilt the balance of power in favor of the Communist bloc, has become the focus of American foreign policy. Amry Vandenbosch and Richard Butwell here trace the development of the eight nations which comprise Southeast Asia and appraise their current role in international affairs.Although led to adopt state forms similar to those of the departing colonial powers, each nation traditionally had quite different political systems. It is the authors' thesis that their historical patterns of political and social behavior are re-emerging and that the chief differe

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1. Southeast Asia: Politics of a New Era; 2. Indonesia: Protracted Revolution; 3. Malaysia: Crisis of Confrontation; 4. The Philippines: Doubting Democracy; 5. Vietnam: Cork in the Bottle?; 6. Laos: Captive of Conflict; 7. Cambodia: Land of Strange Politics; 8. Burma: From Buddha to Mars; 9. Thailand: Soldiers in the Saddle; 10. International Relations of Southeast Asia; 11. American Policy in Southeast Asia; 12. Change in the Making; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

"Bibliographical note": p. [421]-428.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6495-8

OCLC:

900345036