Cold War Reckonings: Authoritarianism and the Genres of Decolonization

Cold War Reckonings Shows How The Cold War Shaped Culture And Political Power In The Decolonizing World And Gave Rise, Paradoxically, To Authoritarian Regimes Of The So-called Free World. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note On Romanizations -- Introduction: Ruling Like A Foreigner: Theorizing “free World” Authoritarianism In The Asia- Pacific Cold War -- Part I. Authorities Of Alignment, 1955–1988 -- Part Ii. Genres Of Cold War Reckoning, 1997–2017 -- Epilogue: Authoritarian Lessons For Neoliberal Times -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index