Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction. Recovering the Regional Dimensions of U.S. Policy toward Southeast Asia 1
5. Chapter 1. Darkest Moment. The Fall of Singapore, “Chinese Penetration,” and the Domino Theory 17
6. Chapter 2. Patriot Games. How British Nation-Building Colonialism Inspired the United States 45
7. Chapter 3. Manifest Fantasies. British-Malayan Counterinsurgency and Nation Building in U.S. Strategy 82
8. Chapter 4. The Best Hope. Malaysia in the “Wide Anti-Communist Arc” of Southeast Asia 114
9. Chapter 5. The Friendly Kings. Southeast Asia’s Transition from Anglo-American Predominance to U.S. Hegemony 149
10. Coda. The “Reverse Domino Effect” 177
11. Acknowledgments 183
12. Notes 187
13. Bibliography 233
14. Index 247