Southeast Asia Among The World Power

376 Pages·1957·22.3 MB·English

by  Amry Vandenbosch & Richard Butwell

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SOUTHEAST ASIA
AMONG THE WORLD POWERS

AMONG
THE
WORLD
POWERS
AMRY VANDENBOSCH
RICHARD BUTWELL
and
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESS - LEXINGTON
Reissued,with supplement, 1958
1957 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESS
PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 57-9768
The publication of this book is possible partly because of a
grant from the Margaret Voorhies Haggin Trust established
in memory of her husband James Ben Ali Haggin
PREFACE
FIFTY YEARS AGO several areas of the globe were little touched
by the main currents of world affairs. Others escaped involve-
ment altogether in the rivalries of international politics. This
era is no more. Today, the former colonial territories of Asia,
Africa, and the Middle East comprise key arenas in which
crucial struggles are taking place: struggles which could deter-
mine whether men will look back on the twentieth century as
an age in which freedom flourished or was dealt a formidable
setback.
One of these former colonial areas is Southeast Asia, the
subject of this book. The eyes of an entire world seemed
focused on Southeast Asia in the spring of 1954 when the
French fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell to the Communist Viet
Minh in once-remote Indochina. Most of these eyes were
turned toward Southeast Asia for the first time but probably
not the last.
This book seeks to provide the reader with a brief yet com-
prehensive picture of this increasingly important region in the
hope that he may understand more fully future developments
in the lands which are China's southern neighbors. There are
six chapters dealing individually with the countries comprising
the area. Three other chapters offer a general introduction
to the area, analyze the international relations of Southeast
Asia, and describe the approach of American foreign policy
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toward the countries of this part of the world. select and
late bibliography is provided for the reader who will wish to