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Last Post: The End of Empire in the Far East

Categorie	Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer	#327354-XD18
Titel	Last Post: The End of Empire in the Far East
Auteur	Keay, John
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : John Murray
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	0719555892
ISBN13	9780719555893
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	John Keay's epic, expert study of the twenthieth-century demise of colonial rule in the Far East The names echo like the last long notes of a bugle call: Hiroshima, Dien Bien Phu, Tiananmen Square; MacArthur and Mountbatten; The Quiet American and Bridge over the River Kwai. In a twentieth-century welter of war, Depression and Communism four empires crumbled and the West was bundled out of the East. John Keay's acclaimed study of this imperial finale draws on contemporary sources ranging from Ho Chi Minh to Dirk Bogarde. The narrative swoops from the showpiece cities of Shanghai, Saigon and Manila to the tough backwaters of Borneo and the tinkling rice fields of Bali. Grandeur of treatment is matched by trenchant analysis; unexpected continuities are revealed; and to the interaction of Wes... (Lees verder)t and East is traced the dynamism of the Far East today.
Pagina's	388
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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