Conflict And Confrontation In South East Asia 1961-1965: Britain, the United States, Indonesia and the Creation of Malaysia

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This fascinating study looks at the origins, outbreak and course of the Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation of 1963-1966, within the context of British and American policies in South East Asia during the 1960s as a whole. Matthew Jones uses new archival sources to throw fresh light on such subjects as British Colonial policy and the creation of Malaysia, Anglo-American tensions over the confrontation itself, and the diplomacy of that important, but often neglected, international dispute. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Maps Preface and acknowledgements ABBREVIATIONS Introduction: Britain, the United States and the South East Asian setting Part I Build-up 1 The Kennedy Administration, Indonesia and the resolution of the West Irian crisis, 1961–1962 2 The Greater Malaysia scheme I: the move towards merger 3 The Greater Malaysia scheme II: the Cobbold Commission and the Borneo territories 4 Britain, Indonesia and Malaya: from West Irian to the Brunei revolt Part II Outbreak 5 The emergence of confrontation: January–May 1963 6 The path to the Manila summit, May–July 1963 7 From the Manila summit to the creation of Malaysia: August–September 1963 8 Avoiding escalation, September–December 1963 Part III Denouement 9 The diplomacy of confrontation, Anglo-American relations and the Vietnam War, January–June 1964 10 Escalation, upheaval and reappraisal, July 1964–October 1965 Conclusion: The Western presence in South East Asia by the 1960s Bibliography UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS BOOKS ARTICLES OTHER WORK Index