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Britain and the neutralisation of Laos

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Britain and the neutralisation of Laos

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Britain and the neutralisation of LaosNicholas Tarling.
Author:	Tarling, Nicholas.
Published:	Singapore :NUS Press,c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 516 p.).
Notes:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Cold War.
Subject:	LaosSocial life and customs.
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9789971695866 (electronic bk.)

Britain and the neutralisation of Laos
Tarling, Nicholas.

Britain and the neutralisation of Laos[electronic resource] /Nicholas Tarling. - Singapore :NUS Press,c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 516 p.).

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-508) and index.

List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The return of the control commission -- The agreement on a conference -- The co-chairmen's message -- The opening of the Geneva Conference --The Zurich Agreement -- The future role of the co-chairmen -- The princes' meeting in Geneva -- Theinvolvement of the Thais -- The conclusion of the negotiations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Geneva conference on Laos of 1961-1962, which Britain helped initiate and bring to a conclusion, throws light on Britain's policy in Southeast Asia during what in some sense may be seen as the last of the decades in which its influence was crucial. This book is the first to make full use of the British archives to explore the conference, but it also bears on the history of Laos, of Vietnam, and of Southeast Asia generally. The core of the Geneva settlement was the neutralisation of Laos, the United States to strengthen its commitment to Thailand and Vietnam. North Vietnam could accept this result only if it allowed continueduse of the Ho Chi Minh trail, which sustained resistance in South Vietnam. Under these circumstances, the agreement on neutralisation, thoughelaborately negotiated, had little chance of success. In the longer term, however, the agreement played a part in developing the concept of aneutral Southeast Asia advanced by ASEAN. The book is important for scholars in the various fields it touches, including modern Southeast Asian history, the history of Laos, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and international relations. It will be of expecial interest to those studyingBritish policy at a time when Britain was seeking to reduce its commitments while continuingto avert the escalation of the Cold War.

ISBN: 9789971695866 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Meeting Names:

194767

Amsterdam, Netherlands)1998 :(3rd :Subjects--Topical Terms:

175318
Cold War.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

471273
Laos
--Social life and customs.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS555.8 / .T37 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 959.4041

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