Delicate Dance: The United States, Burma, and the Cold War, 1948-1965
An examination of an oft-forgotten partnership during the early Cold War era.
Overview
Following the Chinese Communists’ defeat of the Nationalists in 1949, U.S. foreign policy became focused on preventing communism from expanding into Southeast Asia. How this policy played out in Indochina is well known. Yet early in the Cold War, Washington viewed newly independent Burma as nearly as important as Vietnam. U.S. diplomatic historian and Wilson Center Fellow Kenton Clymer will argue that because Burma shared a long border with China and chose a strictly neutral international stance, the U.S.-Burma relationship during this period was fascinating, delicate, and complex.
Speaker
Kenton Clymer
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of History, Northern Illinois University
Hosted By
Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
History and Public Policy Program
The History and Public Policy Program makes public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world, facilitates scholarship based on those records, and uses these materials to provide context for classroom, public, and policy debates on global affairs. Read more
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