Dynamics of the Cold War in Asia [electronic resource] : Ideology, Identity, and Culture /
Vu, T.editor.
Wongsurawat, W.editor.
This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Table; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Cold War Studies and the Cultural Cold War in Asia; 2 The Early South Vietnamese Critique of Communism; 3 "To Be Patriotic is to Build Socialism": Communist Ideology in Vietnam's Civil War; 4 Indonesian Architectural Culture during Guided Democracy (1959-1965): Sukarno and the Works of Friedrich Silaban; 5 Relocating Socialism: Asia, Socialism, Communism, and the PAP Departure from the Socialist International in 1976
6 Inventing a Proletarian Fiction for China: The Stalin Prize, Cultural Diplomacy, and the Creation of a Pan-Socialist Identity7 Communist Vanguard Contest in East Asia during the 1960s and 1970s; 8 The Rhetorical as Political: The Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Making of a Cold War Culture in Asia; 9 Expulsion for a Mistranslated Poem: The Diplomatic Aspects of North Korean Cultural Policies; 10 From Yaowaraj to Plabplachai: The Thai State and Ethnic Chinese in Thailand during the Cold War; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent.
Asia—Politics and government.
Political sociology.
International relations.
Political science.
World politics.
Diplomacy.
Asian Politics.
Political Sociology.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Political History.
Diplomacy.