Includes appendices. Wah, C. K. (Ed.). (1987). Defence spending in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Part I: The region -- Threat perception and defence spending in Southeast Asia: an assessment -- Defence expenditures of ASEAN states: the regional strategic context -- Defence spending in ASEAN: an overview -- Part II: Country studies -- Thailand: defence spending and threat perception -- Indonesia: defence expenditures in the period of the new order, 1967-85 -- The Philippines: defence expenditures, threat perception and the role of the United States -- Malaysia: from the Commonwealth umbrella to self-reliance -- Singapore: threat perception and defence spending in a city-state -- Brunei: defending a mini-state -- Burma: defence expenditure and threat perception -- Vietnam, defence expenditure and threat perception: defending communist indochina