Hong Kong and the Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American relations 1949-1957 / / Chi-kwan Mark
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| Autore: |
Mark Chi-Kwan
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| Titolo: |
Hong Kong and the Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American relations 1949-1957 / / Chi-kwan Mark
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Clarendon |
| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 909.82 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cold War |
| Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; |
| 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 - ;After 1949, the British Empire in Hong Kong was more vulnerable than the lack of Chinese demand for return and the success of Hong Kong's economic |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hong Kong and the Cold War |
| ISBN: | 1-4294-6958-7 |
| 1-280-84393-4 | |
| 0-19-151520-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465590503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Oxford historical monographs.