Defence and Decolonisation in South-East Asia

Taylor & Francis

Defence and Decolonisation in SouthEast Asia\nby Karl Hack\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 14\u201315 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Karl Hack\nTitle: Defence and Decolonisation in SouthEast Asia\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Regional / International studies\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd\nEdition: 1\nISBN-13: 9781138863255\nISBN-10: 1138863254\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis 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 .