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

by Panagiotis Dimitrakis

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350163449
• ISBN13: 9781350163447
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"