Containing the Cold War in East Asia
Subtitle: British policies towards Japan, China, and Korea, 1948-53
By: Peter Lowe.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Cold War.; East Asia -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- East Asia.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
Other titles: British policies towards Japan, China, and Korea, 1948-53
Description: Based on extensive research in British and American records, Containing the Cold War in East Asia is a thorough consideration of British policies towards Japan, China and Korea between 1948-1953. Peter Lowe examines the last stages of the allied occupation of Japan including the negotiation of a peace treaty; the effects of the Chinese Communist victory in 1949; the origins and impact of the Korean war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.