Historical Dictionary of United States-Southeast Asia Relations

Southeast Asia consists of the countries of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Historically, U.S. policy and diplomacy with Southeast Asia is defined by U.S. interests in the region, whether it''s maintaining free lanes of communication through the South China Sea, gaining access to the resources and markets of Southea...