Britain's Retreat from Empire in East Asia, 1905-1980 (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Best, Antony

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The decline of British power in Asia, from a high point in 1905, when Britain's ally Japan had vanquished the Russian Empire, apparently reducing the perceived threat that Russia posed to British interests in India and China, to the end of the twentieth century, when British power had dwindled to virtually nothing, is one of the most important themes in understanding the modern history of East and Southeast Asia. This book considers a range of issues that illustrate the significance and influence of the British Empire in Asia and the nature of Britain's imperial decline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134517183
• Artikelnr.: 46890445

Autorenporträt

Antony Best is an Associate Professor in International History at the London School of Economics, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

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: diplomatic
negotiations and newspaper reports
4. Britain, intelligence and Japanese policy towards Siberia, 1917-22
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, 1945-1952
8. In search of regional authority in South-East Asia: The improbable
partnership of Lord Killearn and Malcolm MacDonald, 1946-48
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, 1960-63
11. From Vietnam to Hong Kong: Britain, China and the everyday Cold War,
1965-67
12. Towards 'a new Okinawa' in the Indian Ocean: Diego Garcia and
Anglo-American relations in the 1960s