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Abbreviations |
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Preface |
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xii | |
Editorial Foreword |
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Introduction |
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1 | (2) |
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Postwar Asian Reconstruction and Political Changes, 1945-1949 |
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3 | (37) |
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3 | (6) |
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The Cold War comes to East Asia |
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9 | (2) |
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China, the US and the USSR |
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11 | (4) |
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15 | (5) |
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Contest for control of Vietnam |
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20 | (5) |
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Struggle for independence in Indonesia |
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25 | (6) |
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Outbreak of insurrection in Malaya |
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31 | (4) |
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The Huk rebellion in the Philippines |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (2) |
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Containing the Advance of Asian Communism, 1950-1960 |
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40 | (33) |
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40 | (8) |
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Repercussions of the Korean War |
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48 | (2) |
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China, the US, USSR and Taiwan |
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50 | (3) |
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Colonial Remnants in China: Macau and Hong Kong |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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Continuing conflict in Vietnam |
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56 | (9) |
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Suppression of rebellion in the Philippines |
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65 | (2) |
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Defeating insurgency in Malaya |
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67 | (2) |
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Opposition to the US-Japan Security Treaty |
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69 | (1) |
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The US, the USSR and Indonesia |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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Confrontation and Cooperation in East and Southeast Asia, 1961-1968 |
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73 | (33) |
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The Kennedy Administration and Vietnam |
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73 | (6) |
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The US, China and the USSR |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (4) |
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Malaysia expels Singapore |
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86 | (1) |
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The Johnson Administration and Vietnam |
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87 | (12) |
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Other nations and the Vietnam War |
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99 | (6) |
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105 | (1) |
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Detente, Disengagement and Invasion in East and Southeast Asia, 1969-1979 |
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106 | (33) |
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Searching for an end to the Vietnam War |
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106 | (8) |
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US moves towards China and the USSR |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (8) |
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Indonesia's invasion of East Timor |
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123 | (4) |
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ASEAN, Cambodia, Vietnam and China |
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127 | (6) |
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133 | (5) |
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138 | (1) |
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Independence for some Pacific Islands, 1945-1980 |
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139 | (35) |
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Postwar reconstruction and islander aspirations to 1949 |
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139 | (3) |
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Slow Polynesian roads to independence |
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142 | (5) |
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Pushing independence for Papua New Guinea |
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147 | (4) |
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Independence for the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu |
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151 | (4) |
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Opposition to independence in the French Pacific |
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155 | (2) |
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Struggle for independence in New Caledonia |
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157 | (5) |
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Pacific outposts of the American Empire |
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162 | (4) |
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Melanesians under Indonesian rule |
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166 | (2) |
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Independent Pacific Island states |
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168 | (5) |
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173 | (1) |
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Arresting Communism in Latin America, 1945-1979 |
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174 | (20) |
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174 | (2) |
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The Alliance for Progress era |
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176 | (5) |
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Crushing Marxism in Chile |
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181 | (4) |
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The Nixon/Ford administrations, Peru and Central America |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (1) |
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The Carter administration and Latin America |
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188 | (2) |
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Latin America and the wider Pacific Basin |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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Asian Economic Expansion and Strategic Change, 1980-1990 |
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194 | (35) |
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Japan's new economic order in the Pacific Basin |
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194 | (12) |
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Japan and the American defence network |
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206 | (3) |
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The US, the USSR and the East Asian strategic balance |
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209 | (11) |
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220 | (4) |
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224 | (3) |
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227 | (2) |
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Conflicts and Coups in the Islands, 1980-1990 |
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229 | (25) |
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The coups in Fiji and their consequences |
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229 | (5) |
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234 | (5) |
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239 | (5) |
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244 | (2) |
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Other Pacific nations and the French presence in the Pacific |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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The US and the Pacific islands |
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249 | (2) |
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Australia, Indonesia and the islands |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (2) |
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War and Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, 1980-1990 |
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254 | (23) |
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The US crusade against Nicaragua |
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254 | (6) |
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The US and the long war in El Salvador |
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260 | (3) |
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US relations with other Central American States and Panama |
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263 | (4) |
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The US and other American nations |
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267 | (5) |
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The Americas and the Pacific Basin |
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272 | (4) |
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276 | (1) |
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The Post-Cold War Pacific Basin since 1991 |
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277 | (36) |
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Japan's relations with the US and Russia |
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277 | (3) |
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The two Koreas and international powers |
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280 | (5) |
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285 | (4) |
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China, Hong Kong and Macau |
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289 | (1) |
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China's relations with Russia and Japan |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (3) |
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The East Asian economic crisis |
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295 | (3) |
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Indonesia, East Timor and Australia |
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298 | (3) |
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Australasia, the US and the Pacific Islands |
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301 | (5) |
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306 | (2) |
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Central and South America |
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308 | (4) |
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312 | (1) |
Conclusion |
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313 | (4) |
Further Reading |
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317 | (10) |
Maps |
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327 | (10) |
Index |
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