Britain and Regional Cooperation in South East Asia, 1945-49

by Remme; TILMAN

• ISBN13: 9780415097536
• ISBN10: 0415097533
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-12-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Tilman Remme explores the British attempt to establish an international regional organisation in South-East Asia in the post-war period which would allow tham to dominate the region politically, economically and militarily.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
Return to South-East Asia
Wartime planning and diplomacy	p. 9
The dilemma of peace in South-East Asia	p. 27
'Famine averted': the Special Commission in Singapore	p. 44
Regional cooperation and regional defence	p. 54
Asian nationalism
India, Vietnam and the limits of colonial cooperation	p. 67
Singapore and the 'radiation of British influence'	p. 82
Regional competition: India and Australia	p. 96
Regional competition: the United Nations and ECAFE	p. 105
Western Union and South-East Asia	p. 119
Communism
Cold War and Commonwealth	p. 133
Enter the dragon: South-East Asia and the Chinese civil war	p. 151
Regional cooperation and regional containment	p. 164
The final stages of regional planning	p. 183
The Colombo and beyond	p. 200
Notes	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 250
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