Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on currency units; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-treaty defence relations; 3. Decolonisation and the institution of the defence agreement; 4. The extension of AMDA; 5. The external testing of AMDA; 6. Towards a closing of ranks; 7. The fractured axis; 8. Britain weighs anchor; 9. From AMDA to the five-power defence system; 10. Conclusions.

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A 1983 examination of the defence agreement for the Malaysia-Singapore region.