E-Book Content
Global Conflict and Security since 1945 Editors: Professor Saki R. Dockrill, King’s College London and Dr William Rosenau, RAND Palgrave Macmillan’s new book series Global Conflict and Security since 1945 seeks fresh historical perspectives to promote the empirical understanding of global conflict and security issues arising from international law, leadership, politics, multilateral operations, weapons systems and technology, intelligence, civil– military relations and societies. The series welcomes original and innovative approaches to the subject by new and established scholars. Possible topics include terrorism, nationalism, civil wars, the Cold War, military and humanitarian interventions, nation-building, pre-emptive attacks, the role of the United Nations and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the national security and defence policies of major states. Events in the world since 11 September 2001 remind us that differences of ideology, religion and values and beliefs held by a group of societies or people affect the security of ordinary peoples and different societies often without warning. The series is designed to deepen our understanding of the recent past and seeks to make a significant contribution to the debates on conflict and security in the major world capitals. Advisory Board Members: Professor Mats Berdal, Chair of Security and Development, King’s College London, Ambassador James Dobbins, Director International Security and Defence Policy Center, RAND, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Vice Principal (Research), King’s College London, Professor Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University and former Director of RAND’s Washington Office Titles in the series include: Vesselin Dimitrov STALIN’S COLD WAR Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in Bulgaria 1941–48 James Ellison UNITED STATES, BRITAIN AND THE TRANSATLANTIC CRISIS Rising to the Gaullist Challenge, 1963–1968 Peter Lowe CONTENDING WITH NATIONALISM AND COMMUNISM British Policy towards Southeast Asia, 1945–65 Jon Roper THE UNITED STATES AND THE LEGACY OF THE VIETNAM WAR T. O. Smith BRITAIN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE VIETNAM WAR UK Policy in Indo-China, 1943–50 Forthcoming title: Ken Young WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND THE POLITICS OF INTERDEPENDENCE Global Conflict and Security since 1945 Series Standing Order ISBN 978–0–230–52123–0 hardcover (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and one of the ISBNs quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Contending with Nationalism and Communism British Policy towards Southeast Asia, 1945–65 Peter Lowe © Peter Lowe 2009 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a divisio