ABSTRACT

Britain and Regional Cooperation in South-East Asia, 1945-49 traces the attempt by the British Foreign Office to establish an international regional organisation in South-East Asia which would allow Britain to dominate the region politically, economically and militarily. Tilman Remme explores the changing emphasis of Britain's regional policies and puts the issues affecting South-East Asia in the post-War period into a wide context. He explores events in the light of the Japanese defeat in the Second World War, the Communist struggle for supremacy of China, the development of Anglo-American relations in Asia and the beginnings of the Cold War.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Return to South-East Asia

chapter 1|18 pages

Wartime planning and diplomacy

chapter 2|17 pages

The dilemma of peace in South-East Asia

chapter 4|11 pages

Regional cooperation and regional defence

part |2 pages

Part II Asian nationalism

part |2 pages

Part III Communism

chapter 10|18 pages

Cold War and Commonwealth

chapter 13|17 pages

The final stages of regional planning

chapter 14|17 pages

To Colombo and beyond