Böcker av Ang Cheng Guan

Building on the author's 2012 book, Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought, this new book presents a comprehensive overview of Lee Kuan Yew's strategic thought over the course of his life. It analyses the factors underlying Lee Kuan Yew's thinking, and shows how his foreign policy, security and international relations evolved.

The historiography of the Cold War has long been dominated by American motivations and concerns, with Southeast Asian perspectives largely confined to the Indochina wars and Indonesia under Sukarno. Southeast Asia's Cold War corrects this situation by examining the international politics of the region from within rather than without.

Crucial as a tool to make sense of the dynamics of the region, this account of Southeast Asia's international relations will be of immediate relevance to those in China, the USA and elsewhere who engage with the region, with its young, dynamic population, and its strategic position across the world's key choke-points of trade.