The Cold War and National Assertion in Southeast Asia: Britain, the United States and Burma, 1948û1962

by Foley; Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780415554763
• ISBN10: 0415554764
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

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

List of abbreviations	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
British policy and the crises of 1948	p. 15
Aid, conflict and the Commonwealth, 1949-50	p. 35
The decline of British influence, 1950-54	p. 59
The China crisis and the beginnings of American aid, 1948-52	p. 77
The Kuomintang crisis and the termination of American aid, 1952-54	p. 97
Communist intervention and the resumption of American aid, 1955-58	p. 118
Britain, the United States and the end of civilian government, 1958-62	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 164
Notes	p. 168
Bibliography	p. 205
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