| Southeast Asia: A Testament Contributor(s): Kahin, George McT (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415299764 ISBN-13: 9780415299763 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: "Southeast Asia: A Testament" covers the tragic history of post war Indonesia from its successful struggle against the Dutch to Suharto's bloody overthrow of Sukarno in 1965. It also gives a personal account of the US involvement in Indochina, where George Kahin was an early critic of the Vietnam war and struggled to open the eyes of policy makers to the historical, political and military realities of the Vietnamese situation. Kahin also witnessed the reluctant involvement of Cambodia in the conflict, and the 1970 coup against prince Sihanouk which paved the way for the Communist accession to power. This book will be of interest to students of American diplomatic an foreign policy, Asian Studies, and international relations. It is an engagingly written, often poignant personal account of George Kahin's experiences in Southeast Asia, ad as such will also appeal to the general reader. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 959.05 |
| LCCN: 2002067978 |
| Series: Critical Asian Scholarship |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.2" W x 9.38" (1.41 lbs) 374 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Southeast Asia: A Testament covers the tragic history of post war Indonesia from its successful struggle against the Dutch to Suharto's bloody overthrow of Sukarno in 1965. It also gives a personal account of the US involvement in Indochina, where George Kahin was an early critic of the Vietnam war and struggled to open the eyes of policy makers to the historical, political and military realities of the Vietnamese situation. Kahin also witnessed the reluctant involvement of Cambodia in the conflict, and the 1970 coup against Prince Sihanouk which paved the way for the Communist accession to power. This book will be of interest to students of American diplomatic and foreign policy, Asian studies, and international relations. It is an engagingly written, often poignant personal account of George Kahin's experiences in Southeast Asia, ad as such will also appeal to the general reader. |