Ampiah, Kweku.
The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference Of 1955 : The Reactions of the US, UK and Japan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Neutralism as a Political Force in Asia in the Mid-1950s -- 2 US Attitudes Towards the Conference: From Revulsion, to 'Benevolent Indifference', and Reluctant Acceptance -- 3 Britain and Bandung: Whitehall's Prognosis -- 4 Japan's Journey back to Asia and the New Foreign Policy of Independence -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Final Communiqué of the Asian-African Conference -- Appendix 2: Proposal for Economic Cooperation -- Appendix 3: Address of Mr Tatsunosuke Takasaki, Principal Japanese Delegate, Before the Asian-African Conference -- Appendix 4: President Sukarno's Opening Speech -- Bibliography -- Index.
Now fifty years on, with significantly more primary references available,Kweku Ampiah's study provides a much-needed in-depth re-evaluation of the conference as a whole, focusing in particular on the external influences and preoccupations impacting on the participants seen through three case studies involving the US, UK and Japan.
9789004213388
Afro-Asian politics.
Asia -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1960.
Asia -- Foreign relations.
Asian-African Conference -- (1st : -- 1955 : -- Bandung, Indonesia). -- Bandung Committee.
World politics -- 1945-1955.
Electronic books.
DS333.5 -- .A47 2007eb
327.0904
The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference Of 1955 : The Reactions of the US, UK and Japan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Neutralism as a Political Force in Asia in the Mid-1950s -- 2 US Attitudes Towards the Conference: From Revulsion, to 'Benevolent Indifference', and Reluctant Acceptance -- 3 Britain and Bandung: Whitehall's Prognosis -- 4 Japan's Journey back to Asia and the New Foreign Policy of Independence -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Final Communiqué of the Asian-African Conference -- Appendix 2: Proposal for Economic Cooperation -- Appendix 3: Address of Mr Tatsunosuke Takasaki, Principal Japanese Delegate, Before the Asian-African Conference -- Appendix 4: President Sukarno's Opening Speech -- Bibliography -- Index.
Now fifty years on, with significantly more primary references available,Kweku Ampiah's study provides a much-needed in-depth re-evaluation of the conference as a whole, focusing in particular on the external influences and preoccupations impacting on the participants seen through three case studies involving the US, UK and Japan.
9789004213388
Afro-Asian politics.
Asia -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1960.
Asia -- Foreign relations.
Asian-African Conference -- (1st : -- 1955 : -- Bandung, Indonesia). -- Bandung Committee.
World politics -- 1945-1955.
Electronic books.
DS333.5 -- .A47 2007eb
327.0904