Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia, 1961–1965: Britain, the United States, Indonesia and the Creation of Malaysia

by Matthew Jones

• ISBN13: 9780521144018
• ISBN10: 0521144019
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This fascinating study looks at the origins, outbreak and course of the Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation of 1963-1966, within the context of British and American policies in South East Asia during the 1960s as a whole. Matthew Jones uses new archival sources to throw fresh light on such subjects as British Colonial policy and the creation of Malaysia, Anglo-American tensions over the confrontation itself, and the diplomacy of that important, but often neglected, international dispute.

Table of Contents

List of maps

Preface and acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction: Britain, the United States and the South East Asia setting

Build-up:

The Kennedy Administration, Indonesia and the resolution of the West Irian crisis, 1961-2

The Greater Malaysia scheme I: the move toward merger

The Greater Malaysia scheme II: the Cobbold Commission and the Borneo territories

Britain, Indonesia and Malaya: from West Irian to the Brunei revolt

Outbreak:

The emergence of confrontation, January-May 1963

The path to the Manila Summit, May-July 1963

From the Manila Summit to the creation of Malaysia, August-September 1963

Avoiding escalation, September-December 1963

Denouement:

The diplomacy of confrontation, Anglo-American relations and the Vietnam War, January-June 1964

Escalation, upheaval and reappraisal, July 1964-October 1965

Conclusion: the Western presence in South East Asia by the 1960s

Bibliography

Index

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