Vietnam And The Unravelling Of Empire: General Gracey In Asia 1942-1951

The Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies.

• • Author: T. Smith
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Nov 07, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 200 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137448695
• • ISBN-13: 9781137448699