The first full account of British policy towards China, Japan and Korea from the final stages of the Second World War to the outbreak of the Korean War, set against the backdrop of the Anglo-American relationship, broader Far Eastern developments, the beginnings of the Cold War, and Britain's relationship with the Commonwealth.



Autorentext
CHRISTOPHER BAXTER is a Research Fellow in Intelligence History at Queen's University Belfast. He was formerly one of the Foreign Office's resident historians and is currently working on the Official History of SIS (MI6) with Professor Keith Jeffery. He is the co-editor of Diplomats at War: British and Commonwealth Diplomacy in Wartime (2008).

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Maps Abbreviations Introduction Defeating Japan Wartime Post-War Planning Japan Surrenders Occupation and Civil War Questioning Engagement Going into Reverse The Road to War Conclusion Bibliography Index
Titel
The Great Power Struggle in East Asia, 1944-50
Untertitel
Britain, America and Post-War Rivalry
EAN
9780230246782
ISBN
978-0-230-24678-2
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
29.10.2009
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.54 MB
Anzahl Seiten
250
Jahr
2009
Untertitel
Englisch