Defence and Decolonisation in South-East Asia: Britain, Malaya and Singapore 1941-1967

Defence and Decolonisation in South-East Asia: Britain, Malaya and Singapore 1941-1967
ISBN-10
1136839089
ISBN-13
9781136839085
Category
Social Science
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2013-12-16
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Karl Hack

Description

This book explains why British defence policy and practice emerged as it did in the period 1941-67, by looking at the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in the area. Its main focus is on the 1950s and the decolonisation era, but it argues that the plans and conditions of this period can only be understood by tracing them back to their origins in the fall of Singapore. Also, it shows how decolonisation was shaped not just by British aims, but by the way communism, communalism and nationalism facilitated and frustrated these.

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