Arc of containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia

Author

Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing) NGOEI, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Book

Publication Date

5-2019

Abstract

Arc of Containment traces how British decolonization in Malaya and Singapore intertwined with anticommunist nationalism across Southeast Asia to shape U.S. policy in Vietnam and the wider region. In so doing, the book recasts the history of American empire in Southeast and East Asia from World War II through the end of American intervention in Vietnam.

Keywords

Cold War, Chinese diaspora, race and empire, American empire, China, Soviet Union, Vietnam War, Singapore, Malaysia, decolonisation, British imperialism

Discipline

History | International and Area Studies

Research Areas

Humanities

First Page

1

Last Page

270

ISBN

9781501716409

Publisher

Cornell University Press

City or Country

Ithaca, New York, USA

Citation

NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing). (2019). Arc of containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia. Ithaca, New York, USA: Cornell University Press.

NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing), "Arc of containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia" (2019). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 3206.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3206

Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3206

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