The Transformation of the International Order of Asia: Decolonization, the Cold War, and the Colombo Plan

In Asia the 1950s were dominated by political decolonization and the emergence of the Cold War system, and newly independent countries were able to utilize the transformed balance of power for their own economic development through economic and strategic aid programmes. This book examines the interconnections between the transfer of power and state governance in Asia, the emergence of the Cold War, and the transfer of hegemony from the UK to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138021245
• ISBN13: 9781138021242
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"