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Record Nr.

UNINA9910772089603321

Autore

Naraoka Sochi

Titolo

Britain's retreat from empire in East Asia, 1905-80 / / edited by Antony Best

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2017

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-134-51718-1

1-315-88960-9

1-134-51711-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia

Disciplina

325/.3410950904

Soggetti

Decolonization - East Asia - History - 20th century

Imperialism - History - 20th century

World politics - 1900-1945

World politics - 1945-1989

Great Britain Foreign relations East Asia

East Asia Foreign relations Great Britain

Great Britain Colonies Asia History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Early retirement: Britain’s retreat from Asia, 1905–23 -- 2. Imperial Germany’s strategy in East and South-East Asia: The campaign against British India -- 3. Japan’s Twenty-One Demands and Anglo-Japanese relations -- 4. Britain, intelligence and the Japanese intervention in Siberia, 1918–22 -- 5. Britain, the League of Nations and Russian women refugees in China in the interwar period -- 6. Defending the ‘Singapore strategy’: Hankey’s Dominions tour, 1934 -- 7. Conquering press: coverage by the New York Times and the Manchester Guardian on the Allied occupation of Japan, 1945–52 -- 8. In search of regional authority in South-East Asia: The improbable partnership of Lord Killearn and Malcolm MacDonald, 1946–8 -- 9. Anglo-American relations and the making and breaking of the Korean phase of the 1954 Geneva Conference -- 10. A withdrawal from Empire: Hong Kong–UK



relations during the European Economic Community enlargement negotiations, 1960–3 -- 11. From Vietnam to Hong Kong: Britain, China and the everyday Cold War, 1965–7 -- 12. Towards ‘a new Okinawa’ in the Indian Ocean: Diego Garcia and Anglo–American relations in the 1960s.

Sommario/riassunto

"The decline of British power in Asia, from a high point in 1905, when Britain's ally Japan had vanquished the Russian Empire, apparently reducing the perceived threat that Russia posed to British interests in India and China, to the end of the twentieth century, when British power had dwindled to virtually nothing, is one of the most important themes in understanding the modern history of East and Southeast Asia. This book considers a range of issues that illustrate the significance and influence of the British Empire in Asia and the nature of Britain's imperial decline. Subjects covered include the challenges posed by Germany and Japan during the First World War, British efforts at international co-operation in the interwar period, the British relationship with Korea and Japan in the wake of the Second World War, and the complicated path of decolonisation in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong"--Provided by publisher.