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Defence and Decolonisation in South-East Asia
Britain, Malaya and Singapore 1941-1967
- 341 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
This book explains why British defence policy and practice emerged as it did in the period 1941-67, by looking at the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in the area. Its main focus is on the 1950s and the decolonisation era, but it argues that the plans and conditions of this period can only be understood by tracing them back to their origins in the fall of Singapore. Also, it shows how decolonisation was shaped not just by British aims, but by the way communism, communalism and nationalism facilitated and frustrated these.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- PREFACE
- KEY AND GLOSSARY
- MAPS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 FRAMEWORKS
- 2 1942 AND THE ‘LESSONS’ OF SINGAPORE
- 3 REGIONAL AMBITIONS AND LIMITED RESOURCES (1945–54)
- 4 A BOTTOMLESS PIT? FORCES AND BASES (1945–54)
- 5 1954 AND CONTINUITY IN THE FACE OF CHANGE
- 6 SEATO AND REGIONAL POLICY (1954–57)
- 7 MERDEKA AND BASES (1954–57)
- 8 MERDEKA AND FORCES (1954–57)
- 9 EPILOGUE: FROM MALAYAN INDEPENDENCE TO BRITISH WITHDRAWAL
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX