The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power, 1940-1950 / / Gary R. Hess.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Hess, Gary R.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Traces the development of US policy in Southeast Asia during the critical period beginning with the Japanese-American rivalry over the region in 1940-41 when the US sought to protect its own interests in the region and concluding with outbreak of the Korean War in 1950.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The United States and the Colonial System in Southeast Asia -- 2. The Rivalry of Japan and the United States Over Southeast Asia, 1940-1941 -- 3. Planning for Decolonization in Southeast Asia, 1942-1943 -- 4. United States'-European Differences Over Postwar Southeast Asia, December 1943-October 1945 -- 5. Toward A Limited Anticolonialism: The Final Phase of Postwar Planning, November 1944-July 1945 -- 6. The Nationalist Revolutions in Indonesia And Indochina, 1945-1947 -- 7. The United States' Model: Decolonization in the Philippines -- 8. The Emergence of United States' Influence in Thailand, Burma, And Malaya, 1945-1948 -- 9. The Indonesian Revolution, 1947-1949: The Fulfillment of Anticolonialism -- 10. The Vietnamese Revolution: The Evolution 311 of the Commitment to France, 1947-1950 -- 11. The Redefinition of United States' Policy, 1949-1950 -- 12. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index