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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959253803321

Autore

Mark Chi-Kwan

Titolo

Hong Kong and the Cold War : Anglo-American relations 1949-1957 / / Chi-kwan Mark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

9780191515200

0191515205

9781280843938

1280843934

9781429469586

1429469587

9780191706240

0191706248

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 259 p. : maps

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Disciplina

909.82

Soggetti

Cold War

Hong Kong (China) Politics and government

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-

Hong Kong (China) Foreign relations United States

Hong Kong (China) Foreign relations Great Britain

Hong Kong (China) Foreign relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Hong Kong in British, Chinese, and American Cold War Thinking -- 2. Defending the Indefensible Colony: Anglo-American Exchanges over the Security of Hong Kong -- 3. Meeting the Political Threat: Hong Kong in Britain's and America's China Policy -- 4. Containing the Economic Warfare: Hong Kong and Export Controls against China -- 5. Controlling the 'American diaspora' in Hong Kong: Intelligence, Covert Action, and Propaganda -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M



-- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

After 1949, the British Empire in Hong Kong was more vulnerable than it appeared to be. Its vulnerability stemmed as much from Britain's imperial decline and America's Cold War requirements as from an imminent Chinese threat. This is the first scholarly study that explores the interactions of British and US policies towards Hong Kong, and reveals the dynamics of the Anglo-American alliance and the dilemmas of small allies in the global Cold War.