<i>Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962</i>
Woodrow Wilson Center Press has published a new book, Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962. It is copublished with Stanford University Press.
Connecting Histories draws on newly available archival documentation from both Western and Asian countries to explore decolonization, the Cold War, and the establishment of a new international order in post-World War II Southeast Asia.
Major historical forces intersected here—of power, politics, economics, and culture on trajectories East to West, North to South, across the South itself, and along less defined tracks. Especially important democratic-communist competitions sought the loyalties of Southeast Asian nationalists, even as some colonial powers sought to resume their prewar dominance. These intersections are the focus of the contributions to this book, which use new sources and approaches to examine some of the most important historical trajectories of the 20th century in Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia, and a number of other countries.
"Connecting Histories is an important resource on an underexamined subject, namely the intersection in Asia of the East-West struggle and the North-South struggle during the two decades after 1945. An authoritative, consistently illuminating study." –Fredrik Logevall, Cornell University
"The roster of contributors comprises a broad, international cast of top established and younger scholars, and the scope of the book is bold and imaginative. This volume has the potential to be a model volume of the new international history." –Robert McMahon, The Ohio State University
Christopher E. Goscha is associate professor of history at the University of Québec at Montreal. Christian F. Ostermann directs the Woodrow Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Contributors come from Canada, France, Malaysia, Russia, the Philippines, Singapore, the U.S., and the U.K.
To reach Christopher Goscha for an interview, call (514) 987-3000 or send e-mail to: christopher.goscha@videotron.ca. To reach Christian Ostermann for an interview, call 202-691-4176 or send e-mail to: christian.ostermann@wilsoncenter.org. Media may also contact Sharon McCarter, Vice President of Outreach and Communications at sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org or (202) 691-4016.
Connecting Histories: Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, 1945-1962 is distributed by Standord University Press, accessible online at www.sup.org or by telephone at 1-800-621-2736. The list price is $60 for hardcover.
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