Confronting Sukarno examines the regional and international implications of the Malaysian-Indonesian Confrontation, a crisis more popularly known as Konfrontasi. By doing so, fundamental themes concerning the Asian Cold War are discussed. In particular, the concern of western policy makers with an increasingly belligerent communist China, the importance of Konfrontasi to the war in Vietnam and the British 'role' east of Suez, are all examined in detail. Being a work of international history, the book draws extensively from recently de-classified documents in the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

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John Subritzky is Policy Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand.

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Preface List of Abbreviations List of Policy Makers Maps Introduction Southeast Asia and the End of Empire, 1961-1963 Confrontation Begins, January-April 1963 Malaysia Established, May-September 1963 The ANZUS Understanding, October-December 1963 Two Conflicts - Borneo and Vietnam, January-July 1964 The Deepening Crisis, August-December 1964 Riding the Tiger, January-August 1965 Confrontation Ends, August 1965-January 1966 Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index