The postwar rapprochement of Malaya and Japan, 1945-61 the roles of Britain and Japan in South-East Asia

Why was the postwar Malayo-Japanese rapprochement relatively quick, despite the bitter memories of Japan's wartime occupation and Britain's determination to maintain imperial control of its South-East Asian stronghold? Junko Tomaru sheds new light on the tripartite economic and political r...

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Main Author: Tomaru, Junko
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK Palgrave Macmillan 2000
Series:St. Antony's series
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