TY - BOOK AU - Fernandes,Clinton TI - Hot spot: Asia and Oceania T2 - Hot spot histories, SN - 031335412X AV - DS33 .H67 2008 U1 - 950.4 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Hot spots (Political science) KW - Asia KW - Oceania KW - Politics and government KW - Foreign relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index; Ch. 1; China and East Asia; Sally Burt --; Geographic Factors --; Pre-Independence --; Communism --; Foreign Relations after September 11 --; The Spratly Islands --; Taiwan --; Japan --; Ch. 2; East Timor; Clinton Fernandes --; Portuguese Colonialism --; Carnation Revolution --; Indonesian Invasion and Occupation --; Crimes against Humanity --; UN Transitional Administration --; Post-Independence Challenges --; Ch. 3; Fiji; Jon Fraenkel --; Land Policy --; The Political Order --; The 1987 Coup --; The 2000 Coup --; Makings of the 2006 Coup --; Ch. 4; The India-China Border; Manjeet S. Pardesi --; Historical Interactions --; State Structures before Colonialism --; The Historical Status of Tibet --; The Frontier from 1914 to 1947 --; The Pre-War Years --; The Tibetan Revolt, India's Forward Policy, and the War --; Normalization of Relations --; Ch. 5; Indonesia; Damien Kingsbury and Clinton Fernandes --; Aceh --; West Papua --; Ch. 6; Kashmir; Nicolas Blarel --; Partition Syndrome --; The Second Indo-Pakistani War --; The Bangladesh War --; The 1987 Insurgency --; The Kargil Crisis --; Dispute after September 11 --; Ch. 7; Korea; Stewart Lone --; Japanese Colonialism --; Volatility after World War II --; The Korean War --; Inter-Korean relations in the 1970s --; The North Korean Economic Decline --; Post-Cold War Conflict --; Nuclear Weapons --; Ch. 8; Myanmar (Burma); Sally Burt --; The Rise of Modern-day Myanmar --; The 1988 Crisis --; The SPDC and the NLD --; International Relations --; Ch. 9; The Philippines; Clinton Fernandes --; Spanish Rule --; U.S. Rule and the Huks --; The Era of Ferdinand Marcos --; Aquino and Ramos --; Insurgencies --; Ch. 10; Solomon Islands; Sinclair Dinnen --; The Political System after Independence --; Ethnic Tensions and the 2000 Coup --; The Townsville Peace Agreement --; The Instrumentalization of Disorder --; Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands --; April 2006 Unrest --; Ch. 11; Sri Lanka; Damien Kingsbury --; Tamil Separatism --; Ch. 12; Thailand; Carlyle A. Thayer --; Al Qaeda's "Safe Haven" --; Historical Roots of the Thai Struggle --; Separatism in the South ER -