A modern history of Southeast Asia : decolonization, nationalism and separatism

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A modern history of Southeast Asia : decolonization, nationalism and separatism

Clive J. Christie

Tauris Academic Studies, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index

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The massive transformations that occurred in the decade 1940-50 were decisive in shaping the modern history of Southeast Asia, and have determined the course of politics in the region right up to the present day. The 1940s saw the break-up of the European colonial empires in Southeast Asia and the creation of independent nation states. However, this nationalist revolution met resistance, not only from the colonial powers, but also from peripheral communities and regions that felt their identity to be threatened by these emerging nation-states and by the ideologies dominating Asian nationalism. A number of secession movements developed and separatist rebellions broke out and, although no movement achieved its objectives, some were resurrected during the Cold War when the region came to be seen as a key strategic zone.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Decolonization, separatism and loyalties: stranded by the tide - the Straits Chinese of Penang
  • anatomy of a betrayal - the Karens of Burma
  • loyalism and "Special War" - Montagnards of Vietnam
  • defining "Self-Determination" - the Republic of Indonesia vs the South Moluccan Republic. Part 2 National identity - decolonization and separatism in the Muslim regions of Southeast Asia: Islam, ethnicity and separatism in Southeast Asia
  • nationalism and the "House of Islam" - the Acehnese revolt and the Republic of Indonesia
  • at the frontier of the Islamic world - the Arakanese Muslims
  • ethnicity, Islam and Irredentism - the Malays of Patani. Appendices: the Straits Chinese Memorandum
  • the Karen Memorial
  • the Montagnard Declaration
  • Declaration of Independence of the South Moluccas - 25 April 1950
  • manifesto of the Atjeh Rebels (1953, selections)
  • Patani petition.

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