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Christopher E. Goscha (Ed.) - Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962 - 9780804769433 - V9780804769433
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Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962

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Description for Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962 Hardback. Editor(s): Goscha, Christopher E.; Ostermann, Christian. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 818.

Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia draws on newly available archival documentation from both Western and Asian countries to explore decolonization, the Cold War, and the establishment of a new international order in post-World War II Southeast Asia.

Major historical forces intersected here—of power, politics, economics, and culture—on trajectories East to West, North to South, across the South itself, and along less defined tracks. Especially important, democratic-communist competitions sought the loyalties of Southeast Asian nationalists, even as some colonial powers sought to resume their prewar dominance. These intersections are the focus of the contributions to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Series
Cold War International History Project
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804769433
SKU
V9780804769433
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Ref
99-50

About Christopher E. Goscha (Ed.)
Christopher E. Goscha is Associate Professor of History at the University of Québec at Montreal. Christian Ostermann directs the Woodrow Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Contributors come from Canada, France, Malaysia, Russia, the Philippines, Singapore, the U.S., and the U.K.

Reviews for Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962
"Goscha and Ostermann have assembled a remarkable collection of essays that represent a stimulating complement to the emerging scholarship of new Cold War history . . . Overall, this is a refreshing, insightful examination of a part of the world often neglected in historical accounts detailing the early years of the Cold War . . . Highly recommended."—C. G. Frentzos, ... Read more

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