Britain's retreat from empire in East Asia, 1905-80 / / edited by Antony Best |
Autore | Naraoka Sochi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 325/.3410950904 |
Collana | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Decolonization - East Asia - History - 20th century
Imperialism - History - 20th century World politics - 1900-1945 World politics - 1945-1989 |
Soggetto non controllato |
Area Studies
Asian Studies Asian Studies (General) Asian Diaspora Asian History Asian Politics Chinese Studies Chinese History Chinese Politics South Asian Studies India (studies of) British Studies Humanities History British History |
ISBN |
1-134-51718-1
1-315-88960-9 1-134-51711-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Early retirement: Britain’s retreat from Asia, 1905–23 -- 2. Imperial Germany’s strategy in East and South-East Asia: The campaign against British India -- 3. Japan’s Twenty-One Demands and Anglo-Japanese relations -- 4. Britain, intelligence and the Japanese intervention in Siberia, 1918–22 -- 5. Britain, the League of Nations and Russian women refugees in China in the interwar period -- 6. Defending the ‘Singapore strategy’: Hankey’s Dominions tour, 1934 -- 7. Conquering press: coverage by the New York Times and the Manchester Guardian on the Allied occupation of Japan, 1945–52 -- 8. In search of regional authority in South-East Asia: The improbable partnership of Lord Killearn and Malcolm MacDonald, 1946–8 -- 9. Anglo-American relations and the making and breaking of the Korean phase of the 1954 Geneva Conference -- 10. A withdrawal from Empire: Hong Kong–UK relations during the European Economic Community enlargement negotiations, 1960–3 -- 11. From Vietnam to Hong Kong: Britain, China and the everyday Cold War, 1965–7 -- 12. Towards ‘a new Okinawa’ in the Indian Ocean: Diego Garcia and Anglo–American relations in the 1960s. |
Altri titoli varianti | Britain's retreat from empire in East Asia, 1905-1980 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910772089603321 |
Naraoka Sochi | ||
Taylor & Francis, 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire : General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951 / / by T. Smith |
Autore | Smith T |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.410509/044 |
Soggetto topico |
International 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 |
ISBN |
1-349-49656-1
1-137-44870-9 1-137-44871-7 |
Classificazione | HIS015000HIS027070HIS027100POL010000POL040020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 1946-1951
Gracey and the crises in Bengal and KashmirConclusion; Select Chronology; Select Personalia; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156231003321 |
Smith T | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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