TY - BOOK ID - 95718978 TI - Britain, Southeast Asia and the onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950 PY - 1998 SN - 0521632617 0521033365 0511552343 9780521632614 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cold War KW - World politics KW - Southeast Asia KW - Great Britain KW - Foreign relations KW - History KW - Arts and Humanities KW - World politics - 1945-1955 KW - Southeast Asia - Foreign relations - Great Britain KW - Great Britain - Foreign relations - Southeast Asia KW - Great Britain - History - George VI, 1936-1952 KW - Cold War. KW - Asia, Southeast KW - Asia, Southeastern KW - South East Asia KW - Southeastern Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:95718978 AB - This detailed study throws light on the evolution of British policy in South-east Asia in the turbulent post-war period. Through extensive archival research and insightful analysis of the British mindset and official policy, Tarling demonstrates that South-east Asia was perceived as a region consisting of mutually co-operating new states, rather than a fragmented mass. The book covers the immediate post-war period until the Colombo plan and the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. A companion volume to Tarling's Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War, it finds parallels between Britain's approach to the threat of Japan and its approach to the threat of communism. It also shows that the British sought to shape US involvement, in part by involving other Commonwealth countries, especially India. This is a major contribution to the diplomatic and political history of South-east Asia. ER -