04331nam 22008535 450 991015623100332120200920053847.01-349-49656-11-137-44870-91-137-44871-710.1057/9781137448712(CKB)2670000000576305(EBL)1837191(SSID)ssj0001619406(PQKBManifestationID)16348632(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001619406(PQKBWorkID)14919709(PQKB)10314023(MiAaPQ)EBC1837191(DE-He213)978-1-137-44871-2(EXLCZ)99267000000057630520151116d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVietnam and the Unravelling of Empire General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951 /by T. Smith1st ed. 2014.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2014.1 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-30824-1 1-137-44869-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Prelude: Burma 1942-1945; The war in the Far East; The triumph of Gracey's 20th Indian Division; 2 The Power Vacuum: Vietnam 1945; Vietnam during the Second World War; Gracey's intervention in Vietnam; 3 The Sideshow: Cambodia 1945; Cambodia during the Second World War; Gracey's intervention in Cambodia; 4 The Enforcement: Indo-China 1945-1946; Protecting the peace: Military aid; Protecting the peace: Humanitarian aid; 5 The Aftermath: Bengal and Kashmir 1946-1951Gracey and the crises in Bengal and KashmirConclusion; Select Chronology; Select Personalia; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies.International relationsTerrorismPolitical violenceGreat Britain—HistoryWorld politicsWorld War, 1939-1945World historyInternational Relationshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912000Terrorism and Political Violencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912090History of Britain and Irelandhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717020Political Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080History of World War II and the Holocausthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717110World History, Global and Transnational Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/719000Great BritainForeign relationsIndochinaIndochinaForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainColoniesAsiaHistory20th centuryInternational relations.Terrorism.Political violence.Great Britain—History.World politics.World War, 1939-1945.World history.International Relations.Terrorism and Political Violence.History of Britain and Ireland.Political History.History of World War II and the Holocaust.World History, Global and Transnational History.327.410509/044HIS015000HIS027070HIS027100POL010000POL040020bisacshSmith Tauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut25041BOOK9910156231003321Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire2885184UNINA