After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations

After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations

It isn’t hard to draw glib parallels between the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Taliban’s recent capture of Kabul. From there, it becomes easy to forecast the imminent retreat of America from the world. Too easy, perhaps.A more careful examination of the history of US relations with Southeast Asia a...

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Main Author: NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing)
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
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Afghanistan
Saigon
Vietnam War
United States
Singapore
Kamala Harris
Southeast Asia
International Relations
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3501
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-47592022-01-27T03:42:03Z After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing) It isn’t hard to draw glib parallels between the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Taliban’s recent capture of Kabul. From there, it becomes easy to forecast the imminent retreat of America from the world. Too easy, perhaps.A more careful examination of the history of US relations with Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War offers a somewhat different conclusion, complete with ramifications for the US presence in Southeast Asia today, Afghanistan or not. 2021-09-09T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3501 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Afghanistan Saigon Vietnam War United States Singapore Kamala Harris Southeast Asia International Relations
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Afghanistan
Saigon
Vietnam War
United States
Singapore
Kamala Harris
Southeast Asia
International Relations
spellingShingle Afghanistan
Saigon
Vietnam War
United States
Singapore
Kamala Harris
Southeast Asia
International Relations
NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing)
After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations
description It isn’t hard to draw glib parallels between the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Taliban’s recent capture of Kabul. From there, it becomes easy to forecast the imminent retreat of America from the world. Too easy, perhaps.A more careful examination of the history of US relations with Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War offers a somewhat different conclusion, complete with ramifications for the US presence in Southeast Asia today, Afghanistan or not.
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title After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations
title_short After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations
title_full After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations
title_fullStr After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations
title_full_unstemmed After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2021
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3501
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