Content
Acknowledgments … ix
1. Southeast Asia in Context … 1
- Hope and Frustration
- Southeast Asian Mosaic
- Regional Groupings
2. Indonesia: Sleeping Beauty … 21
- In Search of Identity
- The Meaning of Java
- From Colonialism to Independence
- From Parliamentary Democracy to Sukarno
- The Heyday of Sukarno
- The Coup That Failed
- The Aftermath of Blood
- Suharto vs. Sukarno: A Javanese Shadow Play
- A Tour of the Islands
- The New Order Emerges
3. Singapore-Malaysia: Divorce,
Asian Style … 194
- Going It Alone
- Windfalls and Problems
- Background of a Bad Marriage
- The Pangs of Separation
- Successful Welfare State
- Malaysia’s Ups and Downs
4. The Philippines: Survival in
the Sun … 230
- The New and the Old
- How Far with Marcos?
- Law but No Order
- The New Left Wing
- The Tempest over Sabah
5. Thailand: Dam or Domino? … 266
- Again at the Crossroads
- Prelude to Insurgency
- The Counterinsurgency Program
- The Threat in the South
- Assimilation and Politics
6. Cambodia: The Eye of the
Storm … 303
- Cambodia Is Sihanouk
- Blowing Hot and Cold
- The Cambodian Left
- The Border Issue
- Shuttlecock Diplomacy
7. Laos: The Ugly Duckling … 342
- The Seesaw War
- The Struggle in the South
- Souvanna and the Americans
8. Vietnam: Reaping the
Whirlwind … 371
- The Vietnamese and the Americans
- The Turning of the Screw
- Political Half-Measures
- The Failure of Reform
- Background to Tet
- The Attack—Failure and Success
- The Continuing Communist Offensive
- Paris and Afterward
9. The United States after
Vietnam … 437
- Lessons Learned or Not Learned
- Mistakes and Misunderstandings
- Faults in the Structure
- The Responsibilities of Response
Index … 457
