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Arc of containment : Britain, the United States, and anticommunism in Southeast Asia
Title
Arc of containment : Britain, the United States, and anticommunism in Southeast Asia / Wen-Qing Ngoei.
ISBN
9781501716416
9781501716423 (e-book)
Publication
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (270 pages).
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Print version: Ngoei, Wen-Qing, 1976- Arc of containment : Britain, the United States, and anticommunism in Southeast Asia. Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2019 United States in the world.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 07, 2021
Series
The United States in the world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : recovering the regional dimensions of U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia
Darkest moment : the fall of Singapore and "Chinese penetration" in the domino logic of American Cold War policy
Patriot games : how British nation-building colonialism solved "Chinese penetration" and inspired the United States
Manifest fantasies : British-Malayan counterinsurgency and nation-building in American strategy for the world (and Vietnam)
The best hope : Malaysia in the "wide anti-communist arc" of Southeast Asia
The friendly kings : Southeast Asia's transition from Anglo-American predominance to U.S. hegemony
Coda : the reverse domino effect.
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