The Battle for Asia

Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development. Subjects covered include:* theories of development* decolonization* US political and economic intervention* the effects of communism* the end of the Cold War* the rise of neo-liberalism*