The Domino Logic of the darkest moment: The fall of Singapore, the Atlantic Echo Chamber, and 'Chinese Penetration' in US Cold War Policy toward Southeast Asia

The Domino Logic of the darkest moment: The fall of Singapore, the Atlantic Echo Chamber, and 'Chinese Penetration' in US Cold War Policy toward Southeast Asia

This essay argues that Anglo-American memories of Japan's victory in Singapore in 1942, which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill labeled Britain's "darkest moment" in World War II, soon would underpin the domino logic within US Cold War strategy. For both American and Briti...

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Main Author: NGOEI, Wen-Qing
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
Subjects:
Domino Theory
Chinese Diaspora
Japanese Imperialism
Anglo-American Cold War Policy
race and empire
colonial order
Chinese communism
Asian Studies
Political Science
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3209
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4466/viewcontent/Ngoei_Domino_Logic_of_the_Darkest_Moment_Journal_of_American_East_Asian_Relations_2014.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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