LEADER 04331nam 22008535 450 001 9910156231003321 005 20200920053847.0 010 $a1-349-49656-1 010 $a1-137-44870-9 010 $a1-137-44871-7 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137448712 035 $a(CKB)2670000000576305 035 $a(EBL)1837191 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001619406 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16348632 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001619406 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14919709 035 $a(PQKB)10314023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1837191 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-44871-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000576305 100 $a20151116d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVietnam and the Unravelling of Empire $eGeneral Gracey in Asia 1942-1951 /$fby T. Smith 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-30824-1 311 $a1-137-44869-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 1946-1951 327 $aGracey and the crises in Bengal and KashmirConclusion; Select Chronology; Select Personalia; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aTerrorism 606 $aPolitical violence 606 $aGreat Britain?History 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945 606 $aWorld history 606 $aInternational Relations$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912000 606 $aTerrorism and Political Violence$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912090 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717020 606 $aPolitical History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080 606 $aHistory of World War II and the Holocaust$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717110 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/719000 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zIndochina 607 $aIndochina$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAsia$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aTerrorism. 615 0$aPolitical violence. 615 0$aGreat Britain?History. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 14$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aTerrorism and Political Violence. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aHistory of World War II and the Holocaust. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 676 $a327.410509/044 686 $aHIS015000$aHIS027070$aHIS027100$aPOL010000$aPOL040020$2bisacsh 700 $aSmith$b T$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$025041 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910156231003321 996 $aVietnam and the Unravelling of Empire$92885184 997 $aUNINA