The Five Power Defence Arrangements
From Origin to Fifty and Beyond
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:4th Mar '25
£145.00
This title is due to be published on 4th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Ang describes the development of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), an important security regional arrangement, from its inception to the present from the perspectives of the five FPDA allies.
The book recounts the establishment of the FPDA in 1971 from the Anglo-Malaysian Defence Agreement and its development in the first 20 years to the end of the Cold War in 1990. Based on declassified archival documents and secondary literature, it explores how the FDPA has evolved and adapted to provide different benefits to each of its partners after the Cold War. Ang contextualises the FPDA within existing scholarship and offers a glimpse into possible future trajectories.
A valuable resource for scholars, students, researchers, and professionals interested in international history, defence, and security.
“With great powers now declining and rising, there is an urgent need to better understand how multilateral security organisations can form, function and persist in Asia. This detailed and authoritative examination of the Five Power Defence Arrangements uses archival research to provide a fresh perspective on an under-studied institution. It will be of great use to policymakers, diplomatic historians, and scholars of alliance politics.”
Iain Henry, Senior Lecturer, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
ISBN: 9781032916521
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144 pages