America's 'Chinese Problem' in Southeast Asia and the emergence of the Domino Theory [Come tessere del domino: Il pericolo comunista e la “questione cinese” nel Sud-Est asiatico negli anni Cinquanta]

• Main Authors: NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing), NEIRONI, Raimondo (translator)
• Format: text
• Language: Italian
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Cold War; domino theory; Southeast Asia; China; race; United States; American Politics; Asian Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/144; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1143/viewcontent/Come_tessere_del_domino_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This essay traces how race thinking in US foreign policy, combined with war memories of Japanese imperialism in Southeast Asia, shaped American strategy toward the region and the rise of the domino theory in US Cold War ideas.