HIS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lee Kuan Yew, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sukarno
22 Apr 2016
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Module 10: south asia, from decolonization to modernization. A continent asia includes the eastern half of russia, and are considered as a geopolitical entity, however, Asia is usually limited to 3-4 subdivisions of its southern expanse. Sukarno (1901-1970) led indonesia to independence from the netherlands, the u. s and the u. k provided arms and aid to sukarno and the indonesian army, but sukarno also obtained arms and aid from the. Malaysians issues and the british desire for a federation. Ethnic and political status of the states of singapore, malaya, sarawak, sabah and brunei, british desired to create malaysia to solve the singapore problem, after the achievement of internal self-governments. Singapore as a base for a continued east of suez military and political presence. Retaining the singapore base at a reduced cost to london. Countering chinese radicalism in singapore with the help of the conservative malays.
