Title The transformation of the international order of Asia : decolonization, the Cold War, and the Colombo Plan / edited by Shigeru Akita, Gerold Krozewski, Shoichi Watanabe

Published London : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: the Colombo Plan, aid relations, and the international order of Asia, 1950-65; Part I The Colombo Plan and economic development; 1 The 1950 Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' meeting and the International Aid Programme for Asia; 2 'The weapons of the weakened': British power, sterling balances, and the origins of the Colombo Plan 3 The Colombo Plan and industrialization in India: technical cooperation for the Indian Institutes of Technology4 'A waste of time and money'? The Colombo Plan in Malaya, Singapore, and the Borneo Territories during the 1950s; 5 The development and activities of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), 1947-65; Part II Changing aid relations and the Colombo Plan; 6 The transformation of the Colombo Plan and the sterling area in the late 1950s and early 1960s; 7 The Colombo Plan and Japan: focusing on the 1960 Tokyo meeting 8 Britain and the reordering of overseas aid, 1956-64: from colonial development finance to assistance to sovereign states9 The Colombo Plan and British publicity policies towards Southeast Asia, 1950-65; Part III The Cold War, aid policies, and the international order; 10 US Cold War policy and the Colombo Plan: a continuing search for regional cooperation in Asia in the 1950s; 11 A peace offensive between the two wars: Khrushchev's policy towards Asia, 1953-64 12 Development assistance as a Cold War tool: the United States, international institutions, and the political economy of Asian development, 1947-6513 The changing international order in Asia and Anglo-Japanese relations: from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s; Selected bibliography of academic publications in English; Selected bibliography of academic publications in Japanese; Index Summary 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 US, by focusing specifically on the historical roles of international economic aid and the autonomous response from Asian nation states in the imme Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes CIP data; item not viewed Subject Colombo Plan. SUBJECT Colombo Plan. fast (OCoLC)fst00656886 Subject Economic development -- Asia Economic assistance -- Asia Decolonization -- Asia Cold War -- Economic aspects -- Asia Asian cooperation. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Asian cooperation. Decolonization. Economic assistance. Economic development. Economics. International economic relations. SUBJECT Asia -- Foreign economic relations Subject Asia. Form Electronic book Author Akita, Shigeru, editor Krozewski, Gerold, 1960- editor. Watanabe, Shōichi, 1953- editor. ISBN 9781317694847 1317694848 9781315777894 1315777894

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