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Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire: General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951
T. O. Smith
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paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBWQ; JPA; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
The Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies.
The Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349496563
SKU
V9781349496563
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99-15
About T. O. Smith
T.O. Smith is Associate Professor of History at Huntington University, USA, specialising in decolonisation and political violence in South and Southeast Asia. His previous publications include Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War: UK Policy in Indo-China 1943-50 (2007) and Churchill, America and Vietnam, 1941-45 (2011). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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