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Author:   Clive Christie
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.621kg
ISBN:  

9781860640759

ISBN 10:   1860640753
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   31 December 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

"Introduction: the shape of pre-colonial mainland southeast Asia, the shape of pre-colonial maritime southeast Asia, the first stages of European colonial take-over; general considerations of the scope and objectives of this book; education, reform and national awareness, 1900-41 - the patterns of European rule, education, westernization, cultural challenge and change; pre-nationalism and nationalism, readings. revolution and constitutional change, 1900-41 - the question of colonial strategies, the indigenous response to imperial rule - the framework of resistance, antinationalism, anti-colonialism and the battle of ideologies, readings; the impact of the Japanese intervention in southeast asia, 1940-45 - the situation in southeast Asia in 1939-82, the Japanese intervention in southeast Asia, the Japanese conquest of southeast asia, the impact of the Japanese military take-over of southeast Asia, the course of the war, and its impact on political developments, readings; the aftermath of war -revolution - the defeat of Japan and surrender arrangements, the build-up of revolutionary forces in southeast Asia, the era of revolution - 1945 , readings; the independence settlements - I the immediate post war settlements - general features of the post-war period, the independence settlement in the Philippines, the independence settlement in Burma, readings; the independence settlements - II inter-ethnic negotiations, conflict and the Cold War - the independence settlement in the Malayan region, the independence settlements in Indonesia, the independence settlements in Indochina, the Cold War and the Geneva settlements of 1954, readings; the decade of instability, 1954-65 - the Cold War confrontation in mainland southeast Asia, the Laos crisis and regional subversion; the Vietnam crisis, 1954-65, instability in the Indonesia region, 1950-65, readings;the era of stabilization in southeast asia, 1965-74 - the paradox - the United States' failure in Vietnam, the genesis of the Cambodian tragedy, the rest of southeast Asia - the ending of the independence regimes - Cambodia, Burma and the Philippines, the special case of Thailand, Malaysia - the new political settlement after 1969, Indonesia in 1965 - guided democracy, the PKI, the armed forces and the ""new order"", readings; 1975 - the crossroads and beyond p regime resilience and regional security, the communist victory in Indochina and its impact; the communist implosion; emerging intact, readings. Postscript: regional stability in southeast Asia."

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Clive J. Christie is Lecturer in Modern Southeast Asian History at the University of Hull.

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