The Cold War and National Assertion in Southeast Asia: Britain, the United States and Burma, 1948-1962

231 Pages·2010·1.827 MB·English

by  Matthew Foley

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The Cold War and National Assertion in
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7 Contemporary Taiwanese The Vietnamese Communists’
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15 The Development of the 24 The Internment of Western
Japanese Nursing Profession Civilians under the
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Southeast Asia Imperial China
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34 Intra Asian Trade and the
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Chad J. Mitcham and John Weste
50 The Limits of British Colonial 58 Provincial Life and the Military
Control in South Asia in Imperial Japan
Spaces of disorder in the Indian The phantom Samurai
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