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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.

Table of Contents

Note on Romanizations | ix
Introduction: Ruling Like a Foreigner:
Theorizing “Free World” Authoritarianism in the Asia-Pacific Cold War | 1
Part I: Authorities of Alignment, 1955–1988
1 Writing Freedom from Bandung to PEN International | 29
2 In the Shadow of Solzhenitsyn: Pramoedya Ananta Toer,
Kim Chi-ha, Ninotchka Rosca, and Cold War Critique | 59
Part II: Genres of Cold War Reckoning, 1997–2017
3 Separate Futures: Other Times of Southeast Asian Decolonization | 103
4 The Wrong Side of History: Anachronism and Authoritarianism | 133
5 Killing Communists, Transitional Justice, and the Making of the Post–Cold War | 155
Epilogue: Authoritarian Lessons for Neoliberal Times | 183
Acknowledgments | 199
Notes | 203
Bibliography | 253
Index | 271

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/08/2021
      ISBN13: 9780823294831, 978-0823294831
      ISBN10: 0823294838
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Note on Romanizations | ix
      Introduction: Ruling Like a Foreigner:
      Theorizing “Free World” Authoritarianism in the Asia-Pacific Cold War | 1
      Part I: Authorities of Alignment, 1955–1988
      1 Writing Freedom from Bandung to PEN International | 29
      2 In the Shadow of Solzhenitsyn: Pramoedya Ananta Toer,
      Kim Chi-ha, Ninotchka Rosca, and Cold War Critique | 59
      Part II: Genres of Cold War Reckoning, 1997–2017
      3 Separate Futures: Other Times of Southeast Asian Decolonization | 103
      4 The Wrong Side of History: Anachronism and Authoritarianism | 133
      5 Killing Communists, Transitional Justice, and the Making of the Post–Cold War | 155
      Epilogue: Authoritarian Lessons for Neoliberal Times | 183
      Acknowledgments | 199
      Notes | 203
      Bibliography | 253
      Index | 271

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