Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951

The 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.

A propos de l'auteur

T.O. Smith is Associate Professor of History at Huntington University, USA, specialising in decolonisation and political violence in South and Southeast Asia. His previous publications include Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War: UK Policy in Indo-China 1943-50 (2007) and Churchill, America and Vietnam, 1941-45 (2011). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Résumé

The 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: T. Smith, T. O. Smith, T Smith
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 01.01.2014
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques comparées et internationales; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires
• EAN: 9781349496563
• ISBN: 978-1-349-49656-3
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Catégories: B, European History, International Relations, world history, Terrorism, armed struggle, Second World War, Political History, Western Europe, History: specific events and topics, General and world history, Terrorism, World Politics, Political science and theory, Political Violence, World History, Global and Transnational History, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Terrorism and Political Violence, World War, 1939-1945, History of World War II and the Holocaust, empire;government;nationalism;Policy;war;work