Asia, Australasia & Oceania - Diplomatic Relations with the U.S., Thailand - History, Pacific Theater - World War II - General & Miscellaneous, World War II - General & Miscellaneous, Great Britain - Diplomatic Relations

The key to the South

Name: The key to the South
Author: Richard J. Aldrich
ISBN: 9780195886122

by Aldrich, John K., Richard

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Overview

It has been fifty years since Thailand's 1942 declaration of war on Britain and the United States. This study examines the accelerating Western struggle with Japan for control over "independent" Thailand, a country at the strategic crossroads of Southeast Asia and recognized as "The Key to the South." On the eve of Pearl Harbor this culminated in arguments between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Eden as to whether the West should attack or defend this neutral country.