The Defence of Malaysia and Singapore: The Transformation of a Security System 1957-1971

by Kin Wah Chin

Overview

This book was first published in 1983: for fourteen years since Malaya's independence in 1957, the external defence of the Malayan (later Malaysian) - Singapore region was provided for within the legal framework of the Anglo-Malaysian Defence Agreement. The external powers involved were Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Kin Wah Chin provides a study of the defence of the region from the perspective of evolving intra-alliance relations within a unique defence system which embraced an anchor power, two associates and two recipients of alliance security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521124409
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/03/2009
Series:	LSE Monographs in International Studies
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on currency units; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-treaty defence relations; 3. Decolonisation and the institution of the defence agreement; 4. The extension of AMDA; 5. The external testing of AMDA; 6. Towards a closing of ranks; 7. The fractured axis; 8. Britain weighs anchor; 9. From AMDA to the five-power defence system; 10. Conclusions.