Failed Alliances of the Cold War Britain's Strategy and Ambitions in Asia and the Middle East

Summary: The Cold War was a period of intense geopolitical rivalry, in which diplomacy and international relations in Asia and the Middle East acquired huge global significance. In this study, Panagiotis Dimitrakis explores British policy towards SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) and CENTO (Central Treaty Organisation). Designed in the 1950s to counter the Soviet Union's attempts to expand its global influence, these alliances with Asian and Middle Eastern powers were the focus of Western efforts to maintain their regional presence. Yet they failed to bring together the differing aims and amb.

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ISBN: 9780857721266 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0857721267 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (252 p.)
Publisher: London : I.B.Tauris, 2012.

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General Note:	Description based upon print version of record.
Formatted Contents Note:	List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Britain and the United States: Shaping Alliances Beyond Nato; 2. Pakistan's Strategy; 3. Cento's Nuclear Bombers and Cyprus; 4. SEATO: Planning and Divisions; 5. SEATO and Vietnam; 6. The Shah and CENTO; 7. Demise of the Alliances; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;