Robert H Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 373294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert H Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert H |
| FAMILY NAME | Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | TAYLOR R H |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 89 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 171 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 88 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Myanmar in 2020
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
The Causes of the Proclivity towards Factionalism in the Political Parties of Myanmar
Factionalism has been a dominant factor in the formation and management of political parties in Myanmar. Since the first elections in 1922 until the most recent in 2015, ideological and programmatic differences, as well as personalities and competition for resources, have encouraged the growth of factionalism
Singapore
Michael Barr, who teaches international relations at Flinders University in Australia, has written a volume which he subtitles A Modern History. In fact, the book is much more than just a history
Tall Order
Anthony Ware & Costas Laoutides. Myanmar's 'Rohingya' Conflict
Carol Ann Boshier. Mapping Cultural Nationalism
As a study of the first 25 years of the existence of the Burma Research Society (BRS), this is an interesting contribution to the study of the interests of the gifted amateurs who made up a very ti
Richard Duckett. The Special Operations Executive in Burma
After years of differing accounts of and contrasting claims about the military and political importance of the work of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Burma campaign and its aftermath
Jayde Lin Roberts. Mapping Chinese Rangoon
Chinese immigration into Myanmar from Yunnan existed before the colonization of Myanmar in the eighteenth century.However, the trickle of Chinese traders from southern China via
Bruce Riedel. JFK's Forgotten Crisis
Bruce Riedel. JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War." Asian Affairs, 48(1), pp. 154–155
Kent E. Calder. Singapore
Colin Cotterill. I Shot the Buddha
Myanmar in 2015
Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region's dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is …
Saffron shadows and salvaged scripts
Saffron shadows and salvaged scripts: literary life in Myanmar under censorship and in transition." Asian Studies Review, 41(1), pp. 168–169
Opposing the rule of law
Opposing the rule of law: how Myanmar’s courts make law and order." Asian Studies Review, 40(4), pp. 649–650
Richard Cockett. Blood, Dreams and Gold
Kenton Clymer. A Delicate Relationship
Lee Jones. Societies Under Siege
General471South Asia498Middle East477South East Asia517Central Asia485East Asia524Societies Under Siege is a sophisticated account of how, and why, economic sanctions applied in recent years to Sou
Barbara Watson Andaya & Leonard Y. Andaya. A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400–1830
Barbara Watson Andaya & Leonard Y. Andaya. A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400–1830." Asian Affairs, 47(1), pp. 170–171
Mandy Sadan. Being and Becoming Kachin
This important book is the result of years of detailed and difficult research. It is a work of scholarship in which some of the footnotes are brief essays in themselves. The story that Mandy Sadan
The Disorder in Order
Behind the Teak Curtain
Burma’s Armed Forces
Historical Dictionary of Burma (myanmar)
Myanmar Media in Transition
This is a substantial collection of essays on Myanmar's media before and during the transition from military rule to the present form of constitutional government. The result of the 2008 Constituti
Indonesia
If you want to read a volume based on a wide reading of the extensive literature on Indonesia, and particularly on the country post the Suharto era, this multiple-author text is for you. The three
Perceptions of Ethnicity in the Politics of Burma
Modern China-Myanmar Relations
David L. Steinberg and Hongwei Fan. Modern China-Myanmar Relations: Dilemmas of Mutual Dependence . NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2012. pp. xxxvi + 480. Maps. Illust. Figs. Tables. Appendices. Notes. Bib
Burma
This text aims to answer questions such as: what has been the cause of Burma's continuing political and economic stagnation?; why have international efforts to bring about change proved unsuccessful?; and why have the democratic forces not forced the military to yield
The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia
Marcus Mietzner (ed). The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia: Conflict and Leadership. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, 2011. pp. 177. Figs. Tables. Notes. Bibliog. Glossary. Index. H
Myanmar
The recent turn of events in Myanmar has surprised and puzzled those in the West who formerly condemned the military government, yet now seem keen to visit and be seen with Aung San Suu Kui. The article suggests that the West's analysis of the previous situation was badly flawed. On the basis of an alternative narrative of the last twenty years, the author argues that what is now happening is not an abrupt change of direction, but rather a contin…
State and Society in Modern Rangoon
Donald M. Seekins. State and Society in Modern Rangoon . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, 2011. pp. 252. Maps. Tables. Illust. Notes. Appendices. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £85. ISBN 9 7804 1531 8525 More a rep
Politics in Late Colonial Burma
It has been assumed that the politicians and political organizations of late colonial Burma were mere shams behind which the real affairs of government were conducted by British governors and civil servants. It also has been assumed that what mass politics there was among the Burmese in the 1930s was dominated by nationalist youth, especially the Thakins, and monks who were untainted by contact and collaboration with the British and those Burmese…
Do States Make Nations
The central importance of ethnicity as the major determinant of political identity in Myanmar's modern history has long been accepted as axiomatic in the literature on the country. But this essay, which reviews Myanmar's modern political history in terms of the issue of political identity, suggests that perhaps the past is an inadequate guide to the present, and new hypotheses may need to be posed in order to understand more fully the role of eth…
Myanmar Media in Transition
This is a substantial collection of essays on Myanmar's media before and during the transition from military rule to the present form of constitutional government. The result of the 2008 Constituti
Burmese Politics
Journal Article Burmese Politics: The Dilemma of National Unity Get access Burmese Politics: The Dilemma of National Unity. By Josef Silverstein. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 1980. 263 pp. $23.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 1, Winter 1981, Pages 195–196, https://doi…
The Burmese Communist Movement and Its Indian Connection
As the founders of a revolutionary movement with an international ideology, the small group of men who led the Burmese communist parties for their first thirty years were concerned as to whether their ideological views and political tactics were consonant with those of foreign communist parties. While looking to Marx, Lenin, and their European interpreters as the original fount of ideological coherence, Asian parties nearer to Burma provided the …
Singapore
Michael Barr, who teaches international relations at Flinders University in Australia, has written a volume which he subtitles A Modern History. In fact, the book is much more than just a history
Myanmar
The author argues that Western policy towards Myanmar over the last twenty years has been not only demonstrably ineffective, but has also completely ignored the admittedly somewhat hesitant efforts of the military regime to improve relations with the West. Although the regime has been presentationally inept, the generals do seem to be moving towards some sort of elections in 2010. The West will need to decide how to respond to those elections. Co…
Burma's Ambiguous Breakthrough
Burma's Ambiguous Breakthrough Robert H. Taylor (bio) When Burma1 held its first multiparty elections in 30 years this past May, most of the coverage in the Western media drew analogies with recent events in Eastern Europe. Comparisons with more similar polities in Southeast Asia would have been more illuminating. Readers were led to believe that Burma began shaking off 26 years of one-party political obscurantism in mid-1988, when prodemocracy d…
Party, class and power in British Burma
Responding to Nargis
Taking approximately 140,000 lives, Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyawady Delta of Myanmar in May 2008, as the government was preparing to hold a referendum to confirm a new constitution for the country. The referendum was part of the military’s seven-step road map to a new constitutional order. Given the political significance of the referendum, the government’s post-cyclone relief efforts were ignored, and an international campaign was launched to p…
Change in Burma
1991). Change in Burma: Political demands and military power. Asian Affairs: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 131-141
The defence of Malaysia and Singapore
Journal Article The defence of Malaysia and Singapore: the transformation of a security system 1957–1971 Get access The defence of Malaysia and Singapore: the transformation of a security system 1957–1971. By Chin Kin Wah. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1982. 219 pp. Index. £25.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internationa…
Indonesia
If you want to read a volume based on a wide reading of the extensive literature on Indonesia, and particularly on the country post the Suharto era, this multiple-author text is for you. The three
Myanmar's 'Pivot' Toward the Shibboleth of 'Democracy
The recent reforms in Myanmar were not brought about by Western sanctions or some contingent event, but rather planned well in advance,. For there is more continuity than change in Myanmar's political system, which is dominated by the practitioners of national power-the army and the bureaucracy. Of course there are new actors, principally Aung San Suu Kyi and the party she leads, the NLD. Yet the reality remains: state security has to be maintain…
Indonesia's foreign policy
Journal Article Indonesia's foreign policy Get access Indonesia's foreign policy. By Michael Leifer. London, Boston: Allen & Unwin for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1983. 198 pp. Index. £15.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 4, September 1983, Pages 721–722, https://doi…
Japan's Scheme for the Libration of Burma
Politics in Late Colonial Burma
It has been assumed that the politicians and political organizations of late colonial Burma were mere shams behind which the real affairs of government were conducted by British governors and civil servants. It also has been assumed that what mass politics there was among the Burmese in the 1930s was dominated by nationalist youth, especially the Thakins, and monks who were untainted by contact and collaboration with the British and those Burmese…
A modern Bodhisattva
U Nu—Saturday's Son: The Memoirs of the Former Prime Minister of Burma, by U Nu, translated by U Law Yone, edited by U Kyaw Win. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1975. 358 pp., illustrated, index, US$15.00. ISBN 0–300–01776–6
Burma ́s National Unity Problem and the 1974 Constitution
Burmese Politics
Journal Article Burmese Politics: The Dilemma of National Unity Get access Burmese Politics: The Dilemma of National Unity. By Josef Silverstein. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 1980. 263 pp. $23.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 1, Winter 1981, Pages 195–196, https://doi…
Australia in the Korean War 1950–53. Vol. I
Journal Article Australia in the Korean War 1950–53. Vol. I: Strategy and Diplomacy and Australia in World Affairs 1971–75 Get access Australia in the Korean War 1950–53. Vol. I: Strategy and Diplomacy. By Robert O'Neill. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. 1981. 548 pp.Australia in World Affairs 1971–75. Edited by W. J. Hudson. Sydney, London: Allen and Unwin for the Australian Institute of International Affairs 1980. 440 pp.£18.…
When Governments Collide
Journal Article When Governments Collide: Coercion and Diplomacy in the Vietnam Conflict 1964–1969 Get access When Governments Collide: Coercion and Diplomacy in the Vietnam Conflict 1964–1969. By Wallace J. Thies. Berkeley, London: University of California Press. 1981. 446 pp. £12.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internat…
South and South-East Asia, 1945–1979
Journal Article South and South-East Asia, 1945–1979: Problems and Policies Get access South and South-East Asia, 1945–1979: Problems and Policies. By B. N. Pandey. London: Macmillan. 1980. 236 pp. £12.50. Pb:£4.95. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 2, Spring 1981, Pages 362–363, https://…
Party, class and power in British Burma
Perceptions of Ethnicity in the Politics of Burma
Burma ́s Foreign Relations since the Third Indochina Conflict
The principles and practices of foreign policy that allowed Burma to remain outside of the first two Indochina conflicts has also made it possible for the country to avoid embroilment in the third. However, to the degree that the third conflict has involved the extension of the Sino-Soviet dispute directly into mainland Southeast Asia, Burma has had to take account of new circumstances. Burma's policy-makers have long held that great power rivalr…
The defence of Malaysia and Singapore
Journal Article The defence of Malaysia and Singapore: the transformation of a security system 1957–1971 Get access The defence of Malaysia and Singapore: the transformation of a security system 1957–1971. By Chin Kin Wah. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1982. 219 pp. Index. £25.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internationa…
Colonialism and the Cold War
Journal Article Colonialism and the Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence 1945–49 Get access Colonialism and the Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence 1945–49. By Robert J. McMahon. Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press. 1982. 338 pp. Index. £15.75. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxf…
Indonesia's foreign policy
Journal Article Indonesia's foreign policy Get access Indonesia's foreign policy. By Michael Leifer. London, Boston: Allen & Unwin for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1983. 198 pp. Index. £15.00. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 4, September 1983, Pages 721–722, https://doi…
The Burmese Communist Movement and Its Indian Connection
As the founders of a revolutionary movement with an international ideology, the small group of men who led the Burmese communist parties for their first thirty years were concerned as to whether their ideological views and political tactics were consonant with those of foreign communist parties. While looking to Marx, Lenin, and their European interpreters as the original fount of ideological coherence, Asian parties nearer to Burma provided the …
Australia's external relations in the 1980s
Journal Article Australia's external relations in the 1980s: the interaction of economic, political and strategic factors Get access Australia's external relations in the 1980s: the interaction of economic, political and strategic factors. Edited by Paul Dibb. London, Canberra: Croom Helm. 1984. (First publ. in 1983 by Croom Helm Australia & St Martin's, New York.) 227 pp. Index. £13.95. ISBN 0 949614 02 5. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1Scho…
Marxism and Resistance in Burma, 1942-1945
The United States and the regional organization of Asia and the Pacific, 1965–1985
The United States and the regional organization of Asia and the Pacific, 1965–1985 Get access The United States and the regional organization of Asia and the Pacific, 1965–1985. By W. W. Rostow. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press. 1986. 265pp. Index. $30.00. ISBN 0 292 78512 7. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internation…
In Search of Southeast Asia
In Search of Southeast Asia by David P. Chandler, William R. Roff, John R. W. Smail, David Joel Steinberg, Robert H. Taylor, Alexander Woodside, David K. Wyatt was published on May 25, 2021 by University of Hawaii Press.
The Geneva Conference of 1954 on Indonesia
Journal Article The Geneva Conference of 1954 on Indonesia Get access The Geneva Conference of 1954 on Indonesia. By James Cable. London: Macmillan. 1986. 179pp. Index. £27.50. ISBN 0 333 38756 5. Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 63, Issue 2, Spring 1987, Page 345, https://doi.org/10.2307/3025498 …
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access ROBERT H. TAYLOR ROBERT H. TAYLOR School of Oriental & African StudiesLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIII, Issue CCCCIX, October 1988, Pages 1025-b–1026, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIII.CCCCIX.1025-b Published: 01 October 1988
The State in Burma
Africa, Asia, and Latin America
The Evolving Military Role in Burma
Essay| March 01 1990 The Evolving Military Role in Burma Robert H. Taylor Robert H. Taylor Professor of Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Robert H. Taylor is the author of The State in Burma (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987) and Marxism and Resistance in Burma, 1942–1945 (Athens, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1984). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current His…
Burma's Ambiguous Breakthrough
Burma's Ambiguous Breakthrough Robert H. Taylor (bio) When Burma1 held its first multiparty elections in 30 years this past May, most of the coverage in the Western media drew analogies with recent events in Eastern Europe. Comparisons with more similar polities in Southeast Asia would have been more illuminating. Readers were led to believe that Burma began shaking off 26 years of one-party political obscurantism in mid-1988, when prodemocracy d…
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