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10%OFFRobert J. McMahon - Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945–49 - 9780801477171 - V9780801477171
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Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945–49

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Description for Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945–49 Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.

The disintegration of former colonial empires in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East after World War II profoundly affected the international balance of power, irrevocably altering the political map of the world. The United States was in a unique position to influence the outcome of the struggles for independence in the Third World. In Colonialism and Cold War, Robert J. McMahon looks closely at one area where American diplomacy played an important role in the end of the European imperial order: Indonesia, the archipelago that had been the jewel of the Dutch colonial empire since the early seventeenth century.

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The case of Indonesia illuminates American foreign relations as a whole in the postwar period. McMahon demonstrates the fundamental link between American colonial policy and the Cold War, showing that the official attitude toward Indonesia was determined by a global geopolitical strategy aimed at containing communism. His study places American policy in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, in historical context by discussing the roots of that policy and comparing the cases on Indonesia and Indochina.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801477171
SKU
V9780801477171
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99-1

About Robert J. McMahon
Robert J. McMahon is Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History at The Ohio State University. He is the author most recently of Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World Order.

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Colonialism and Cold War is based on a wide range of American archival sources, most particularly the State Department and modern military records in the National Archives, on British cabinet and Foreign Office materials in the Public Record Office, and on United Nations records in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Robert J. McMahon is master of materials and has produced a ... Read more

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