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Vietnam and the Unravelling of Empire

General Gracey in Asia 1942-1951

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  1. T. O. Smith

    1. Huntington University, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-9

  3. The Prelude: Burma 1942–1945

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    Pages 10-31

  4. The Power Vacuum: Vietnam 1945

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    Pages 32-56

  5. The Sideshow: Cambodia 1945

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    Pages 57-77

  6. The Enforcement: Indo-China 1945–1946

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    Pages 78-102

  7. The Aftermath: Bengal and Kashmir 1946–1951

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    Pages 103-130

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 131-137

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 138-188
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The Vietnam War and Indian independence devastated British policy towards Asia. The Labour Government failed to understand its commitments. Yet some senior British officers were prepared to work alongside Asian nationalism in order to secure British interests. This created a radical local fusion of imperial, diplomatic and humanitarian policies.

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  • Huntington University, USA

    T. O. Smith

About the author

T.O. Smith is Associate Professor of History at Huntington University, USA, specialising in decolonisation and political violence in South and Southeast Asia. His previous publications include Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War: UK Policy in Indo-China 1943-50 (2007) and Churchill, America and Vietnam, 1941-45 (2011). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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