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Britain and the Confrontation with Indonesia, 1960-66 (International Library of Twentieth Centruy History) by David Easter is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Britain and the Confrontation with Indonesia, 1960-66 (International Library of Twentieth Centruy History) about?
The 'Confrontation' is Britain's forgotten war. Yet as David Easter shows, it was a major commitment involving over 54,000 British servicemen and near-escalation into full-scale war with Indonesia. President Sukarno's 'Confrontation' of Indonesia was an attempt to destroy Britain's plans for Malayasia by guerilla warfare including air and sea landings, and Britain responded with a secret war by supporting rebel groups, propaganda and clandestine cross-border raids. Sukarno was finally overthrown
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- Author
- David Easter
- Publisher
- Tauris Academic Studies ; Distributed in the United States and Canada by St. Martins Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781850436232
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Language Learning, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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