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To Cage the Red Dragon: SEATO and the Defense of Southeast Asia, 1955-1965
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Description for To Cage the Red Dragon: SEATO and the Defense of Southeast Asia, 1955-1965
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
The South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was the focal point of Western military efforts to deter, and if need be defeat, communist aggression in Southeast Asia between 1955 and 1965. In this mission it was, on its own terms entirely successful, and none of the SEATO regional members (Pakistan, Thailand or the Philippines) succumbed to communist rule, then or later. Much of Southeast Asia emerged from the geo-strategic vulnerabilities of the immediate post-colonial period un-swayed by the efforts of local (or foreign-based) communist movements. To Cage the Red Dragon examines the role of SEATO during its first ten years ... Read more
The South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was the focal point of Western military efforts to deter, and if need be defeat, communist aggression in Southeast Asia between 1955 and 1965. In this mission it was, on its own terms entirely successful, and none of the SEATO regional members (Pakistan, Thailand or the Philippines) succumbed to communist rule, then or later. Much of Southeast Asia emerged from the geo-strategic vulnerabilities of the immediate post-colonial period un-swayed by the efforts of local (or foreign-based) communist movements. To Cage the Red Dragon examines the role of SEATO during its first ten years ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971695644
SKU
V9789971695644
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About Fenton
Damien FENTON is Senior Historian with the New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage
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