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020			_a0231108818 (pbk.): _c17.50 US
100		1	_aMCMAHON Robert J
245		0	_aThe limits of empire: _bthe United States and Southeast Asia since World War II
260			_aNew York: _bColumbia University Press, _c1999
300			_a276p.
520		3	_aStudy of US involvement in Southeast Asia as a form of empire building in which strategic importance was exaggerated resulting in dangerous overstretch for the USA. Notes that since the Vietnam war American involvement in the region has been shaped more by commercial interests than national security imperatives.
650			_aREGIONAL SECURITY
650			_aSOUTHEAST ASIA
650			_aUNITED STATES
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999			_c37310 _d37310