Ending "east of Suez" : the British decision to withdraw from Malaysia and Singapore 1964-1968 /

In 1964 Britain's defence presence in Malaysia and Singapore was the largest and most expensive component of the country's world-wide role. Yet within three and a half years the Wilson Government had announced that Britain would be withdrawing from its major Southeast Asian bases and aband...

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Pham, P. L.
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
In 1964 Britain's defence presence in Malaysia and Singapore was the largest and most expensive component of the country's world-wide role. Yet within three and a half years the Wilson Government had announced that Britain would be withdrawing from its major Southeast Asian bases and abandoning any special military role 'East of Suez'. Drawing upon previously classified government records P.L. Pham examines and explains how the Wilson Government came to this conclusion, one of themost significant decisions in the decline of British global power after the Second World War.Substantially revising
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1 online resource (275 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-161043-7
9786612402753
0-19-157381-7
1-282-40275-7
Schlagworte:
Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Malaysia.
Malaysia > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Military policy.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1964-1979.
Southeast Asia > Defenses.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Singapore.
Singapore > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1964-1979.
Indonesia > History > 1950-1966.
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