02359cmm a2200361 4500 214798914 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 100325s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780203864081 electronic bk. 0203864085 electronic bk. (OCoLC)569877612 N$T eng N$T YDXCP EBLCP WAU OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ TxAuBib Foley, Matthew. The Cold War and national assertion in Southeast Asia [electronic resource] : Britain, the United States and Burma, 1948-62 / Matthew Foley. London : Routledge, 2010. 1 online resource (xiv, 216 p.) Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 61 Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-212) and index. Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 British policy and the crises of 1948; 2 Aid, conflict and the Commonwealth, 1949 50; 3 The decline of British influence, 1950 54; 4 The China crisis and the beginnings of American aid, 1948 -- 52; 5 The Kuomintang crisis and the termination of American aid, 1952 -- 54; 6 Communist intervention and the resumption of American aid, 1955 -- 58; 7 Britain, the United States and the end of civilian government, 1958 -- 62; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. A case study of post-colonial transition in Asia in the context of the emerging Cold War. It charts British and American approaches to Burma between the country's independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 and the military coup that ended civilian government in 1962. United States Army Corps of Engineers Foreign relations Burma. Great Britain MI6 Foreign relations Burma. Postcolonialism Burma. Cold War. Political science Government International. Political science International Relations General. Burma Foreign relations United States. Burma Foreign relations Great Britain. Burma History 1948-1962. Electronic books. Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 61. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=302946 EBSCOhost