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Fire and the Full Moon: Canada and Indonesia in a Decolonizing World

By David Webster

Book information

Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Year
2009
ISBN
077481683X, 9780774816830
LCC
F1029.5.I5 W43 2009
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2042509 bytes)
Pages
270\270
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Our image of Canada’s postwar foreign policy is dominated by the Cold War, while the story of Canada’s response to decolonization in the Global South is less well known. This book explores Canadian-Indonesian relations to determine whether Canada’s postwar foreign policy was guided by an overarching set of altruistic principles. It shows that Canada remained a loyal member of the Western alliance. Canada wanted developing countries to follow its own non-revolutionary model of decolonization and paid little attention to violations of human rights. Webster’s reassessment of Canada’s foreign-policy objectives in Indonesia, and of its own national image, will appeal to students of diplomatic history interested in Asia and the developing world.

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