Britain and the Confrontation with Indonesia, 1960-66

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvDavid Easter

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The confrontation with Indonesia cut to the heart of Britain's desire to retain global power status in the 1960s and was central to decolonisation and British defence policy across South-East Asia. Factors such as the need to maintain a military base in Singapore drove strategy and this confrontation became a major commitment - close at times to escalating into full-scale regional war. However, 'the Confrontation' was not recorded as a conflict of this scale, and Britain was cast into a passive and defensive role. Here, David Easter reveals a radically different view, persuasively making the case that Britain waged a secret and aggressive war against President Sukarno's Indonesia. It was the covert nature of operations and the deliberate decision of British policy-makers to keep the full extent of this conflict away from public scrutiny that has allowed it to be overshadowed in the annals of history.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-03-16
Mått138 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt355 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781848859692

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Introduction1 The decision to form Malaysia, 1960-January 19622 The Brunei revolt and the start of Confrontation, January 1962-April 19633 Pressing ahead with Malaysia, April-September 19634 Coping with the Confrontation, September 1963-April 19645 Escalation and rethink, May-October 19646 Labour and Confrontation, October 1964-March 19657 Exit Singapore, April-September 19658 The coup attempt in Indonesia, September 1965-January 19669 Ending the Confrontation, January-August 1966Conclusion

'Where Easter breaks entirely new ground is in his treatment of the clandestine and covert side of Britain's struggle with Indonesia - Easter gives us the best picture to date of the uncertainties generated in Whitehall during the final months of the conflict... This is a fine addition to the recent literature on the confrontation, and provides a significant perspective on the links between progress in the conflict with Indonesia and the general process of withdrawal from South-East Asia.' - Matthew Jones, Professor of Modern History, University of Nottingham