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Southeast Asia, whose alienation might tilt the balance of power in favor of the Communist bloc, has become the focus of American foreign policy. Mr. Vandenbosch and Mr. Butwell here trace the development of the eight nations which comprise Southeast Asia and appraise their current role in international affairs. Although led to adopt state forms similar to those of the departing colonial powers, each nation traditionally had quite different political systems. It is the authors' thesis that their historical patterns of political and social behavior are re-emerging and that the chief differences among the national political systems and related ways of life can largely be explained in these terms. They feel that the main changes in Southeast Asia in the past two decades reflect the peculiar wedding of such historical considerations and the worldwide forces of democracy, communism, and economic development.
Southeast Asia, the authors hold, can be viewed as a single collective political entity, for no country is free from direct or indirect influence from its neighbors and this interaction is increasing in quantity and intensity. The pattern of political development, the authors assert, is much colored by national variations of common occurrences, but paradoxically Southeast Asia has never meant more in terms of an interdependent unit historically than it does today.
Amry Vandenbosch is director emeritus of the Patterson School of Diplomacy at the University of Kentucky.
Richard Butwell is the new director of the Patterson School. They are co-authors of Southeast Asia among the World Powers.
"This is one of the best informed books on a region likely to be of crucial importance in the immediate future. Its temperate tone and objectivity are especially welcome."—John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate
Publication Date
1967
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky.
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813155364
eISBN
9780813164953
Keywords
Southeast Asia, International affairs, Southeastern Asia politics
Disciplines
Asian History
Recommended Citation
Vandenbosch, Amry and Butwell, Richard, "The Changing Face of Southeast Asia" (1967). Asian History. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_asian_history/3
