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9780203864081

The Cold War and National Assertion in Southeast Asia: Britain, the United States and Burma, 19481962

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203864081

  • ISBN10:

    0203864085

  • Copyright: 2009-12-14
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

This book is a detailed case study of post-colonial transition in Asia in the context of the emerging Cold War; it charts British and American approaches to Burma between the country s independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 and the military coup that ended civilian government in 1962.

Table of Contents

British policy and the crises of 1948
Aid, conflict and the Commonwealth, 1949-1950
The decline of British influence, 1950-1954
The China crisis and the beginnings of American aid, 1948-1952
The Kuomintang crisis and the termination of American aid, 1952-1954
Communist intervention and the resumption of American aid, 1955-1958
Britain, the United States and the end of civilian government, 1958-1962
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