The Alternative (1954)

WesternWestern experience now is that in dealing with ‘rebels’ in South-East AsiaSouth-East Asia, it is hopeless to rely upon force, threats of collective action, or repression exercised through colonial or nominated governments, particularly if the peoples of the areas concerned do not feel that the West is acting in their interests. The West cannot win any warWar, hot or cold, if right through South-East Asia and the Middle EastMiddle East in particular, the people – as distinct from the governments which at the moment rule them – believe that the West is on the side of colonialism and feudalism.