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US-Singapore relations, 1965-1975 : strategic non-alignment in the Cold War / Daniel Wei Boon Chua.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : NUS Press, 2017.Description: xvii, 304 pages : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789814722322
Other title:
  • Strategic non-alignment in the Cold War
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 3277305957 CHU
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Avoiding Proximity: From Conflict to Common Interests ch. 1 American Containment and Singapore Survival Finding Common Ground ch. 2 "Never the Americans" Behind Lee Kuan Yew's Anti-American Press Campaign ch. 3 United States-Singapore Entente Removing Doubts and Building Trust pt. 2 Keeping at Arm's Length: Securing Singapore's Future ch. 4 Resolving the British Withdrawal US-Singapore Defence Cooperation After East of Suez ch. 5 Activating Singapore's Economy US Economic Diplomacy in Singapore pt. 3 Strategic Distancing: Balancing Non-Alignment and Containment ch. 6 Catching the Cold Obstacles in US-Singapore Relations ch. 7 From Nixon to Ford Cementing US-Singapore Relations.
Summary: Summary: "At the height of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the foreign relations between the United States and Singapore demonstrated the interplay between America's strategy of containment and Singapore's efforts at a non-aligned foreign policy. But there is a deeper story. American involvement in the Vietnam War not only held back the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, but also catalysed economic and strategic cooperation between the United States and Singapore. The author argues that Singapore might not have achieved its success so rapidly without the support of the US.As the war in Vietnam raged on, Singapore became a critical refueling point, also providing ship and aircraft repair for the US military. Commercial and strategic support from the United States lifted Singapore out of the economic doom predicted for the city-state after secession from Malaysia, cessation of Indonesian trade during Konfrontasi and Britain's military withdrawal. By considering the importance of the US's role in Singapore's nation-building, this book provides an important supplement to the well-trodden narrative that attributes Singapore's success to good governance."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-274) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Avoiding Proximity: From Conflict to Common Interests
ch. 1 American Containment and Singapore Survival Finding Common Ground
ch. 2 "Never the Americans" Behind Lee Kuan Yew's Anti-American Press Campaign
ch. 3 United States-Singapore Entente Removing Doubts and Building Trust
pt. 2 Keeping at Arm's Length: Securing Singapore's Future
ch. 4 Resolving the British Withdrawal US-Singapore Defence Cooperation After East of Suez
ch. 5 Activating Singapore's Economy US Economic Diplomacy in Singapore
pt. 3 Strategic Distancing: Balancing Non-Alignment and Containment
ch. 6 Catching the Cold Obstacles in US-Singapore Relations
ch. 7 From Nixon to Ford Cementing US-Singapore Relations.

Summary:
"At the height of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the foreign relations between the United States and Singapore demonstrated the interplay between America's strategy of containment and Singapore's efforts at a non-aligned foreign policy. But there is a deeper story. American involvement in the Vietnam War not only held back the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, but also catalysed economic and strategic cooperation between the United States and Singapore. The author argues that Singapore might not have achieved its success so rapidly without the support of the US.As the war in Vietnam raged on, Singapore became a critical refueling point, also providing ship and aircraft repair for the US military. Commercial and strategic support from the United States lifted Singapore out of the economic doom predicted for the city-state after secession from Malaysia, cessation of Indonesian trade during Konfrontasi and Britain's military withdrawal. By considering the importance of the US's role in Singapore's nation-building, this book provides an important supplement to the well-trodden narrative that attributes Singapore's success to good governance."--Back cover.