Book contents
- The Colombo Plan
- Global and International History
- The Colombo Plan
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 A ‘Miniature United Nations’ at Colombo, 1950
- 2 Experimental Regionalism
- 3 Flexibility, with Limits
- 4 States, Sovereignty and Story
- 5 So Much Useful Work at So Small a Cost
- 6 Projecting the Plan
- Coda
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Global and International History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2025
Book contents
- The Colombo Plan
- Global and International History
- The Colombo Plan
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 A ‘Miniature United Nations’ at Colombo, 1950
- 2 Experimental Regionalism
- 3 Flexibility, with Limits
- 4 States, Sovereignty and Story
- 5 So Much Useful Work at So Small a Cost
- 6 Projecting the Plan
- Coda
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- The Colombo PlanDevelopment Internationalism in Cold War Asia, pp. iiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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