7. From Cheering to Volunteering: Vietnamese Communists and the Coming of the Cold War, 1940–1951

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction: Connecting Decolonization and the Cold War in Southeast Asia 1
5. I. Western Trajectories into Southeast Asia
6. 1. Recasting Vietnam: The Bao Dai Solution and the Outbreak of the Cold War in Southeast Asia 15
7. 2. Containment and the Challenge of Non-Alignment: The Cold War and U.S. Policy toward Indonesia, 1950–1952 39
8. 3. Avoiding the “Rank of Denmark”: Dutch Fears about Loss of Empire in Southeast Asia 68
9. 4. Processing Decolonization: British Strategic Analysis of Conflict in Vietnam and Indonesia, 1945–1950 84
10. II. Internationalist Communist Intersections in the Region
11. 5. Soviet Cold War Strategy and Prospects of Revolution in South and Southeast Asia 123
12. 6. Bridging Revolution and Decolonization: The “Bandung Discourse” in China’s Early Cold War Experience 137
13. 7. From Cheering to Volunteering: Vietnamese Communists and the Coming of the Cold War, 1940–1951 172
14. III. Southeast Asian Alignment and Non-Alignment
15. 8. Choosing between the Two Vietnams: 1950 and Southeast Asian Shifts in the International System 207
16. 9. Indonesia’s Diplomatic Revolution: Lining Up for Non-Alignment, 1945–1955 238
17. 10. Malaysia during the Early Cold War Era: The War in Indochina and Malaya, 1946–1963 258
18. 11. Phibun, the Cold War, and Thailand’s Foreign Policy Revolution of 1950 275
19. 12. Southeast Asian Perceptions of the Domino Theory 301
20. IV. Cultural Connections: Religion, Society, and Civilization
21. 13. Ludu Aung Than: Nu’s Burma during the Cold War 335
22. 14. Lawan dan kawan (Friends and Foes): Indonesian Islam and Communism during the Cold War (1945–1960) 356
23. 15. The Diplomacy of Personalism: Civilization, Culture, and the Cold War in the Foreign Policy of Ngo Dinh Diem 376
24. Bibliography 403
25. Contributors 427
26. Index 433