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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780754303321

Autore

Ampiah Kweku

Titolo

The political and moral imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955 [[electronic resource] ] : the reactions of the US, UK and Japan / / by Kweku Ampiah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Folkestone, Kent, U.K., : Global Oriental, 2007

ISBN

1-281-80580-7

9786611805807

90-04-21338-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Brill eBook titles 2010

Disciplina

327.09724

327.506

950

Soggetti

Afro-Asian politics

World politics - 1945-1955

Asia Foreign relations

Asia Foreign relations 1945-1960

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / K. Ampiah -- Introduction / K. Ampiah -- 1. Neutralism As A Political Force In Asia In The Mid-1950s / K. Ampiah -- 2. US Attitudes Towards The Conference: From Revulsion, To ‘Benevolent Indifference’, And Reluctant Acceptance / K. Ampiah -- 3. Britain And Bandung: Whitehall’s Prognosis / K. Ampiah -- 4. Japan’s Journey Back To Asia And The New Foreign Policy Of Independence / K. Ampiah -- 5. Conclusion / K. Ampiah -- Appendix 1. Final Communiqué Of The Asian-African Conference / K. Ampiah -- Appendix 2. Proposal For Economic Cooperation / K. Ampiah -- Appendix 3. Address Of Mr Tatsunosuke Takasaki, Principal Japanese Delegate, Before The Asian-African Conference / K. Ampiah -- Appendix 4. President Sukarno’s Opening Speech / K. Ampiah -- Bibliography / K. Ampiah -- Index / K. Ampiah.

Sommario/riassunto

Now fifty years on, with significantly more primary references available,Kweku Ampiah’s study provides a much-needed in-depth re-evaluation



of the conference as a whole, focusing in particular on the external influences and preoccupations impacting on the participants seen through three case studies involving the US, UK and Japan.