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Article: The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II.(Review) (book review)
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- History: Review of New Books
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- March 22, 2000
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McMahon, Robert J. The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II New York: Columbia University Press 276 pp., $17.50 paper, ISBN 0-231-10881-8 Publication Date: May 1999
Robert J. McMahon, who teaches history at the University of Florida, fills the need for a regional study on U.S. policy in Southeast Asia since World War II. Bringing his expertise on postwar Indonesia and Vietnam to the task, McMahon surveys the region and provides a succinct and meaningful narrative, one that will be most beneficial to young adult college students for whom the Cold War and the Indochina wars are "ancient history."
After two background ...