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The Charismatic Leader

17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Quaid-i-Azam M. A. Jinnah and the Creation of Pakistan

By Sikandar Hayat

£12.99 17 Jul 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

Hayat tells the story of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who emerged as the leader of the Muslims in British India between 1937-47. They faced a distressful situation as India advanced towards freedom. Jinnah came to their rescue, showed them a way out in a separate homeland of Pakistan, and led them in their struggle for freedom and independence.

Manila Memories

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Four Boys Remember Their Lives Before, During and After the Japanese

By Juergen Goldhagen

£9.95 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Shearsman Books

Contains four narratives of life in Manila under Japanese occupation in World War 2.

Guerrilla Daughter

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Virginia Hansen Holmes

£17.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Kent State University Press

Just 9 days before her 7th birthday, Virginia (Ginger) Hansen heard about the attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. She lived on the Philippine Island of Mindanao with her two brothers, her sister, her mother, and father. This title presents the experiences of this family during World War II.

Southeast Asia and the Middle East

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Islam, Movement, and the Longue Duree

By Eric Tagliacozzo (Assistant Professor Cornell University)

£19.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Stanford University Press

Explores political, economic, familial, educational and religious bonds connecting Southeast Asia and the Middle East, both historically and in the contemporary world. This volume shows how ongoing interactions have helped determine the character of both regions, and Southeast Asia in particular.

Two Hamlets in Nam Bo

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Occupation, the French and

By David Lan Pham

£23.95 15 Jul 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Written by an author who spent his childhood in two small villages in southern Vietnam, this memoir provides a social history of the country. It is people who have endured separation, dictatorship, carnage, persistent suffering and poverty, all the while yearning for independence and prosperity.

The Vietnam War: Revised 2nd Edition

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Revised 2nd Edition

By Hall, Mitchell K.

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Longman Publishing Group

A History of Modern Indonesia Since C. 1200: Fourth Edition

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ricklefs, M. C.

£15.36 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Stanford University Press

Recognized as the most authoritative general account of Indonesia, this revised and expanded fourth edition has been updated in light of new scholarship. New chapters at the end of the book bring the story up to the present day, including discussion of recent events such as the 2002 Bali terrorist bombings and the 2004 tsunami.

The Killing of Cambodia: Geography, Genocide and the Unmaking of Space

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Tyner

£55.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Between 1975 and 1978, the Khmer Rouge carried out genocide in Cambodia unparalleled in modern history. Approximately 2 million died - almost one quarter of the population. This book suggests that the Khmer Rouge's activities not only led to genocide, but terracide - the erasure of space.

The Pol Pot Regime

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79

By Ben Kiernan

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Yale University Press

Offering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal.

Golden Bones

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America

By Sichan Siv

£15.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Tells the story of Sichan Siv from being a target of the Khmer Rouge since he was a university graduate to eventually rising to become a US ambassador to the United Nations.

Islam in South Asia (vol. 2)

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Encountering the West: Before and After 1857

By Hasan

£33.99 30 Jun 2008 Hardback Manohar Publishers and Distributors

History of Singapore

30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

History of Singapore in the Wiley Heritage Series

By J. Davison

£10.99 30 Jun 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

A War of Frontier and Empire

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902

By David J. Silbey

£9.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.

It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three distinct conflicts--one fought between the Spanish and the allied United States and Filipino forces; one fought between the United States and the Philippine Army of Liberation; and one fought between occupying American troops and an insurgent alliance of often divided Filipinos--the war marked America's first steps as a global power and produced a wealth of lessons learned and forgotten. First-rate military history, "A War of Frontier and Empire "retells an often forgotten chapter in America's past, infusing it with commanding contemporary relevance.

Mandarins and Martyrs

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Church and the Nguyen Dynasty in Early Nineteenth-century Vietnam

By Jacob Ramsay

£34.50 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Stanford University Press

Examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. Focusing on, but not limited to, the Cochinchina region, this book explores grassroots experiences of the religion and the conflict between the Nguyen court and missionaries of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP).

From Rebellion to Riots

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo

By Jamie Davidson, Alfred W. McCoy

£17.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback University of Wisconsin Press

Offers an analysis of the roots of contemporary violence in one of Indonesia's most ethnically heterogeneous provinces, West Kalimantan. This book reveals the links between ethnic violence and subnational politics. It also demonstrates that the endemic violence in this vast region is not the inevitable outcome of its ethnic diversity.

The Territories of Indonesia

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Iem Brown

£110.00 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Europa Yearbook

Offers an insight into the struggle between provinces and central government within Indonesia. This book includes introductory essays that provide an impartial background on regional aspects of the Republic. It features a chronology that covers the major events in the area's political and economic history.

Print and Power: Confucianism, Communism, and Buddhism in the Making of Modern Vietnam

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By McHale, Shawn Frederick

£12.64 01 Jun 2008 Paperback University of Hawaii Press

Historical Dictionary of United States-Southeast Asia Relations

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Weatherbee, Donald E.

£62.00 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Scarecrow Press

Historical Dictionary of United States-Southeast Asia Relations identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of U.S.-Southeast Asia relations and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic strategic, political, and economic processes that have fashioned the American role in Southeast Asia. This is done through a chronology, a bibliography, an introductory essay, appendixes, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on key people, places, events, institutions, and organizations.

Fighting to Leave

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Final Years of America's War in Vietnam

By Colonel Robert E. Stoffey

£16.99 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Motorbooks International

Covers the US withdrawal from Vietnam - the period after ground troops had been evacuated, but carrier planes, cruisers, destroyers, helicopters and Marines still supported the South Vietnamese. This book describes the mining of North Vietnamese waterways, concentrated shore bombardments, and air attacks.

The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Pham, Andrew X.

£13.71 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Harmony

From the award-winning author of "Catfish and Mandala" comes a son's searing memoir of his Vietnamese father's experiences over the course of three wars.

A History of Modern Indonesia Since C. 1200

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By M.C. Ricklefs

£20.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives

By Mark Philip Bradley, Marilyn B. Young

£10.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives

By Mark Philip Bradley, Marilyn B. Young

£41.00 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

A War of Frontier and Empire

30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902

By David J. Silbey

£9.99 30 May 2008 Paperback Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.

The Scripting of a National History

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Singapore and Its Pasts

By Hong Lysa, Jianli Huang

£35.95 15 May 2008 Hardback Hong Kong University Press

Studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by Singapore, blurring the distinction between what happened in the past, and how that past is made to be understood. This title also examines the power invested in various aspects of Singapore's history.

Tiger territory : the untold story of the Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia, 1948 to 1971

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Untold Story of The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia, 1948 to 1971

By Pfennigwerth, Ian.

£19.99 15 May 2008 Paperback Rosenberg Publ, AT/ISBS

While the Vietnam War loomed large over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity in Malaysia and Singapore, by bombarding terrorist positions, engaging Indonesian infiltrators in vicious firefights, providing support to land forces, or patiently laying the foundations for the regional navies.

Inside the VC and the NVA

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces

By Michael Lee Lanning, Dan Cragg

£13.95 15 May 2008 Paperback Texas A & M University Press

If the costs of the Vietnam War were great to Americans and staggering to the South Vietnamese, they were even worse for the North. Based on interviews, soldiers' diaries, letters, and government documents, this book provides an account of the war that our opponents fought and the men who fought it.

Two Hamlets in Nam Bo

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Occupation, the French and

By David Lan Pham

£23.95 15 May 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia

02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Cribb, Mason Hoadley

£14.99 02 May 2008 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

This historical atlas of Southeast Asia includes 50 maps, each accompanied by explanatory text to help students gain an understanding of the area's physical geography and its political developments over time. The maps illustrate key moments in the region's history, including the Pacific War.

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia

02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Cribb, Mason Hoadley

£40.00 02 May 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

From Rebellion to Riots: Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo

By Davidson, Jamie Seth

£17.50 01 May 2008 Paperback University of Wisconsin Press

From Rebellion to Riots: Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Davidson, Jamie Seth

£32.97 01 May 2008 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

Inventing Vietnam

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The United States and State Building, 1954 - 1968

By James M. Carter

£40.00 30 Apr 2008 Hardback Cambridge University Press

Carter argues that the Vietnam war resulted from failed U.S. state-building efforts in Vietnam.

Inventing Vietnam

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The United States and State Building, 1954 - 1968

By James M. Carter

£15.99 30 Apr 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Carter argues that the Vietnam war resulted from failed U.S. state-building efforts in Vietnam.

U.S. Imperialism and Revolution in the Philippines

25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By E.San Juan

£45.00 25 Apr 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Offers the first history of the Filipinos in the United States, focusing on the significance of the Moro people's struggle for self-determination.

The Scripting of a National History

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Singapore and Its Pasts

By Hong Lysa, Jianli Huang

£35.95 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Hong Kong University Press

Inside the VC and the NVA

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces

By Michael Lee Lanning, Dan Cragg

£13.95 15 Apr 2008 Paperback Texas A & M University Press

Two Hamlets in Nam Bo

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Occupation, the French and

By David Lan Pham

£23.95 15 Apr 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Escape to Manila

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror

By Frank Ephraim

£11.99 15 Apr 2008 Paperback University of Illinois Press

Gathers the testimonies of thirty-six refugees, who describe the difficult journey to Manila and the events surrounding the Japanese invasion. Combining these accounts with historical and archival records, Manila newspapers, and US government documents, this book constructs an account of this chapter of world history.

Over Singapore 50 Years Ago: An Aerial View in the 1950s

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Yeoh, Brenda Wong, Theresa

£16.48 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Editions Didier Millet

Women and Politics in Thailand

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Continuity and Change

By Kazuki Iwanaga

£13.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback NIAS Press

This work, with contributions from leading scholars in the field, addresses the challenges, obstacles and opportunities for increased women's political representation in Thailand.

Women and Politics in Thailand

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Continuity and Change

By Kazuki Iwanaga

£40.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback NIAS Press

This work, with contributions from leading scholars in the field, addresses the challenges, obstacles and opportunities for increased women's political representation in Thailand.

Phnom Penh

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cultural and Literary History

By Milton Osborne

£12.00 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Signal Books Ltd

Tiger Territory

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Untold Story of The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia, 1948 to 1971

By Ian Pfennigwerth

£13.00 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Rosenberg Publishing

Bittersweet: The Memoir of a Chinese-Indonesian Family in the Twentieth Century

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Pearson, Stuart Raben, Remco

£15.38 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Ohio University Press

During the Chinese Diaspora, the single largest destination for immigrants was the colony of the Dutch East Indies, now known as Indonesia. "BitterSweet "is the account of one Chinese-Indonesian family whose story stretches over the generations as their fortunes waxed and waned through revolution, riots, war, depression, occupation, and finally emigration to yet another country--Australia.

Being "Dutch" in the Indies: A History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500-1920

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bosma, Ulbe

£15.38 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Ohio University Press

Being "Dutch" in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a "Creole empire." The authors draw on government archives, newspapers, and literary works as well as genealogical studies that follow the fortunes of individual families over several generations.

Mandarins and Martyrs: The Church and the Nguyen Dynasty in Early Nineteenth-Century Vietnam

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Church and the Nguyen Dynasty in Early Nineteenth-century Vietnam

By Ramsay, Jacob

£34.50 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Stanford University Press

The Thorn of Lion City

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lucy Lum

£7.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

An intense and emotive memoir of one girl's difficult family upbringing in a Singaporean Chinese family during the Second World War.

The City in South Asia

21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Heitzman

£85.00 21 Mar 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Emphasizing on the production of space and periodic excursions into literature, art and architecture, religion and public culture, this study is suitable for students and scholars interested in comparative history, urban studies, and the social sciences.

The Scripting of a National History

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Singapore and Its Pasts

By Hong Lysa, Jianli Huang

£35.95 15 Mar 2008 Hardback Hong Kong University Press

Two Hamlets in Nam Bo

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Occupation, the French and

By David Lan Pham

£23.95 15 Mar 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Sky is Falling

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Oral History of the CIA's Evacuation of the Hmong from Laos

By Gayle L. Morrison

£23.95 15 Mar 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

In May 1975, the CIA generated an air evacuation that moved more than 2,500 Hmong officers, soldiers and family members out of their mountain-ringed airbase. This work offers an account of the 14-day evacuation and the events leading up to it. It details both the political and human aspects of this event.

Ethno-religious Violence in Indonesia

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Soil to God

By Chris Wilson

£85.00 15 Mar 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in North Maluku, Indonesia, saw the most intense communal violence of Indonesia's period of democratization. This book examines this brutal conflict, illustrating in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict.

After They Killed Our Father

06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Refugee from the Killing Fields Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind

By Loung Ung

£7.99 06 Mar 2008 Paperback Mainstream Publishing

In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia and flew to the US as a refugee. She and her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings. This book follows the parallel lives of Loung and her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited.

Chronicle of Malaysia: 1957-2007: Fifty Years of Headline News

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mathews, Philip

£27.47 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Editions Didier Millet

Anthropology Goes to War: Professional Ethics and Counterinsurgency in Thailand

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Professional Ethics and Counterinsurgency in Thailand

By Wakin, Eric

£20.50 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Center for Southeast Asian Studies 1

In 1970 a coalition of student activists opposing the Vietnam War circulated documents revealing the involvement of several prominent social scientists in US counterinsurgency activities in Thailand - activities that could cause harm to the people who were the subject of the scholars' research. This work presents a study of this event.

Confrontation: The War with Indonesia 1962 - 1966

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By van der Bijl, Nick

£19.99 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Pen and Sword

Realizing the Dream of R. A. Kartini: Her Sister's Letters from Colonial Java

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Her Sisters' Letters from Colonial Java

By Cote, Joost

£19.50 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Ohio University Press

Presents a collection of documents reflecting the lives, attitudes, and politics of four Javanese women in the early twentieth century. This title translates the correspondence between Raden Ajeng Kartini, Indonesia's first feminist, and her sisters, revealing her sisters' contributions in defining and carrying out her ideals.

A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902

By Silbey, David J.

£9.99 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Hill & Wang

Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968

By Simpson, Bradley

£40.95 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Stanford University Press

Offering the history of US relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, this book explores one of the central dynamics of international politics during the cold war: the emergence and US embrace of authoritarian regimes pledged to programs of military-led development.

Ghosts of War in Vietnam

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kwon, Heonik

£25.00 01 Mar 2008 Hardback Cambridge University Press

Explores the collective memory of the Vietnam War through popular imaginings about ghosts of war.

Where the Domino Fell

11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

America and Vietnam 1945-2006

By James Stuart Olson, Randy Roberts

£19.99 11 Feb 2008 Paperback Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. This title includes a chapter examining Vietnam through the films of Oliver Stone.

Over Singapore 50 Years Ago

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Yeoh, Brenda Wong, Theresa

£13.74 01 Feb 2008 Hardback Editions Didier Millet

Singapore. the Socio-Economic Development of a City-State: 1960-1980

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

1960-1980

By Le Blanc, R. P.

£17.50 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Cranendonck Coaching

Creating Laos

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Making of a Lao Space Between Indochina and Siam, 1860-1945

By Soren Ivarsson

£17.99 01 Feb 2008 Paperback NIAS Press

Examines the uncertain process through which a specific idea about a separate 'Lao space' and its culture was formed and Laos came into existence under French colonial rule. This book charts the emergence of a notion of a specifically Lao cultural identity that served to buttress Laos as a separate 'Lao space'.

Phnom Penh

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cultural and Literary History

By Milton Osborne

£12.00 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Signal Books Ltd

Bangkok

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cultural and Literary History

By Maryvelma O'Neil

£12.00 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Signal Books Ltd

The State in Myanmar

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Taylor

£19.99 01 Feb 2008 Paperback C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Attempts to explain the country's politics in the light of the historical evolution of state-society relations in Myanmar since the pre-colonial kings, through the colonial era onwards, and third, post-colonial regime in this strategically important South East Asian nation.

The State in Myanmar

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert H. Taylor

£50.00 01 Feb 2008 Hardback C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Covering Myanmar's political history, this work attempts to explain the country's politics in the light of the historical evolution of state-society relations in Myanmar since the pre-colonial kings, through the colonial era, and the third, post-colonial regime in this strategically important South East Asian nation.

Hunters & Shooters: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy Seals in Vietnam

01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Fawcett, Bill

£8.21 01 Feb 2008 Paperback Harper Paperbacks

Part of a naval tradition that goes back to World War II, the first SEAL teams were commissioned in 1962. As underwater demolition experts, skilled parachutists, and specialists in a host of other areas, their first proving ground was Vietnam. In Hunters and Shooters, 15 SEALs tell their incredible and heroic stories.

The Moon Princess

28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Memories of the Shan States

By Sanda Simms

£16.95 28 Jan 2008 Paperback River Books,Thailand

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia

25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Cribb, Mason Hoadley

£14.99 25 Jan 2008 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia

25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Cribb, Mason Hoadley

£40.00 25 Jan 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Vietnam

04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Natural History

By Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh

£11.99 04 Jan 2008 Paperback Yale University Press

A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world's biological diversity. This book is an account of Vietnam's natural history in English. It is illustrated with maps, photographs, and thirty-five original watercolour illustrations.

The River of Lost Footsteps

03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Personal History of Burma

By Thant Myint-U

£9.99 03 Jan 2008 Paperback Faber and Faber

Drawing both on the author's own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience, this book offers an account of how the world might transform the Burma's future.

The Straits Chinese House

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Domestic Life and Traditions

By Peter Lee, Jennifer Chen

£18.95 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Editions Didier Millet Pty Ltd

The End of Sukarno

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Coup That Misfired: A Purge That Ran Wild

By John Hughes

£10.99 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Editions Didier Millet Pty Ltd

This book, with a new introduction by the author, is the story of the dramatic events that brought about the downfall of Indonesia's then national hero--Sukarno. In the early morning of I October 1965, six high-ranking generals of the Indonesian army were murdered under grisly circumstances. This act was to set in motion a chain of events that broke the Indonesian Communist Party amidst the slaughter of hundreds of thousands and ultimately led to Sukarno's eclipse. John Hughes was the first American correspondent into Jakarta after the murders, and one of the few Western correspondents to be an eyewitness to the drama that unfolded in the ensuing months. For his dispatches, Hughes was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. This book has become a classic historical record of those times.

Thailand's Political History: From the Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 to Recent Times

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From the Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 to Recent Times

By Terwiel, B. J.

£16.95 01 Jan 2008 Paperback River Books

Fresh insight into Thailand's history over the 250 years, from the fall of the old capital Ayutthaya in 1767 in the opening scene, to today, with the country's massive economic expansion.

Burma's Lost Kingdoms: Splendours of Arakan

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Splendours of Arakan

By Gutman, Pamela

£29.00 01 Jan 2008 Hardback Orchid Press

This is a comprehensive study of the history and civilization of Arakan. It introduces its schools of sculpture and architecture, and offers details of its history, religion, art and social and economic life.

Burma: the Next Killing Fields?

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Clements

£5.99 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Pluto Press

This account of the Burmese people's life under military dictatorship tells the story of Burma's struggle for independence and democracy. It is based on interviews with hundreds of Burmese, from ordinary citizens to freedom fighters in the jungle.

The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Myint-U, Thant

£8.24 01 Jan 2008 Paperback Farrar Straus Giroux

The author tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling.

Vietnam

26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A Natural History

By Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh

£11.99 26 Dec 2007 Paperback Yale University Press

The Charismatic Leader

20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Quaid-i-Azam M. A. Jinnah and the Creation of Pakistan

By Sikandar Hayat

£12.99 20 Dec 2007 Hardback Oxford University Press

Southeast Asian Affairs 2007

15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Daljit Singh, Lorraine Carlos Salazar

£17.95 15 Dec 2007 Paperback Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

An annual reference for policy-makers, scholars, analysts, and journalists, this book covers significant issues and events in each of the ten Southeast Asian nations and the region as a whole. It begins with five incisive regional surveys, which focus on political change, gender issues, and socio-environmental impact on Southeast Asia in 2006.

Sappers in the Wire

15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Death of Firebase Mary Ann

By Keith William Nolan

£13.50 15 Dec 2007 Paperback Texas A & M University Press

Recounts the last high-casualty US action in the Vietnam War. This work presents a look at soldiers who performed in exemplary fashion under terrible circumstances.

Realizing the Dream of R. A. Kartini

15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Her Sisters' Letters from Colonial Java

By Joost Cote

£18.50 15 Dec 2007 Paperback Ohio University Center for International Studies

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia

07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Cribb, Mason Hoadley

£14.99 07 Dec 2007 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of South East Asia

07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Cribb, Mason Hoadley

£40.00 07 Dec 2007 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Creating Laos

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The Making of a Lao Space Between Indochina and Siam, 1860-1945

By Soren Ivarsson

£35.00 01 Dec 2007 Hardback NIAS Press

Vietnam's Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN

By Wiest, Andrew

£22.95 01 Dec 2007 Hardback New York University Press

Chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). This book weaves historical analysis with a narrative, culled from interviews with Dinh, Hue, and other key figures.

Two Hamlets in Nam Bo: Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Occupation, the French and American Wars, and Communist Rule,

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Pham, David LAN

£19.23 01 Dec 2007 Paperback McFarland & Company

The author was born in 1940 and spent his childhood in two small villages, the paternal and the maternal, in southern Vietnam: Binh Chuan and Tuy An (An Phu). The villages were deeply affected by the powerful political events of the next fifty years. In this memoir (first sentence: I was born as the Japanese Troops were invading northern Vietnam), the author writes of what he saw, heard and knew, providing an invaluable social history of the country.

Dear Senator Smith: Small-Town Maine Writes to Senator Margaret Chase Smith about the Vietnam War

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Crouse, Eric Robert

£41.21 01 Dec 2007 Hardback Lexington Books

The City in South Asia

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By James Heitzman

£85.00 01 Dec 2007 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Covers the origins of the Harappan Civilization and moves through a discussion of the 'second' urbanization beginning in the Ganga River basin before exploring the colonial city until 1947. This book then, details the post-Independence city and the explosive growth thereafter. It includes case studies and numerous maps, photographs, and tables.

Triumph of Self-determination

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Operation Stabilize and United Nations Peacemaking in East Timor

By John R. Ballard

£31.95 01 Dec 2007 Hardback Greenwood Press

Based on first-person accounts, interviews, declassified documents, and secondary background sources, this book gives readers an insight into the actions and techniques of the struggle for East Timorese independence from 1999 to 2006. This book outlines the importance of economic development and good governance in fledgling states.

Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed Off the Coast of Vietnam

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Pope, Frank

£7.69 01 Dec 2007 Paperback Harvest Books

In THE DRAGON SEA, Frank Pope recounts the story of a highly successful yet also ill-fated underwater archeological expedition off the coast of Vietnam. For years, fisherman in one particular stretch of water that not just been pulling fish up in their nets but 15th-century Chinese porcelain. Unable to fund an expedition itself, the Vietnamese government authorized Mensun Bound, an Oxford University archaeologist, to excavate the site. Bound teamed up with a Malasian businessman named Ong Soo Hin, who offered to pay for the excavation in exchange for the right to auction off some of the precious cargo recovered. Things went well until typhoon season arrived. The expedition was in mortal danger and the relationship between Bound and Hin disintegrated. Frank Pope was there through it all, and tells the full story of this expedition and the stakes involved, and shows how the unholy alliance of archeologists and profit can lead to disastrous consequences.