Introduction: Southeast Asia and the Cold War Albert Lau 1. Britain and the Cold War in Southeast Asia Nicholas Tarling Part 1: The Cold War in the ‘lower arc’ 2. The Philippines search for security in the first years of the Cold War Ricardo T. Jose 3. Decolonization and the Cold War in Singapore, 1955-1959 Albert Lau 4. The Cold War, Malayan decolonization and the making of the Federation of Malaysia Joseph M. Fernando 5. View from the other side: early Cold War in Malaysia from the memoirs and writings of former MCP members Danny Wong Tze Ken 6. The Cold War and British Borneo: impact and legacy Ooi Keat Gin 7. The Cold War and its impact on Indonesia: domestic politics and foreign policy Dewi Fortuna Anwar Part 2: The Cold War in the ‘upper arc’ 8. The Cold War and Vietnam, 1945-1960: how did a nationalist struggle turn into a class struggle? Pham Hong Tung 9. The Vietnamese Revolution in the Cold War and its impact on Vietnam-ASEAN relations during the 1960-1970s Ly Tuong Van 10. Thailand and the secret war in Laos, 1960-1974 Sutayut Osornprasop 11. The Cold War and democratization in Thailand Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead 12. The Jakarta conference on Cambodia Ang Cheng Guan
Biography
Albert Lau is Associate Professor of History at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Malayan Union Controversy, 1942-1948, A Moment of Anguish: Singapore in Malaysia and the Politics of Disengagement, and a co-author of A New History of Southeast Asia.
"All of the essays in Southeast Asia and the Cold War offer new insights into how Cold War ideologies and superpower rivalry affected the course of events in Southeast Asia."
Tony Day Nalanda-Srivijaya Centre, iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
