Southeast Asia category: 1948 books
Hell in An Loc
The 1972 Easter Invasion and the Battle That Saved South Viet Nam
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
In 1972 a North Vietnamese offensive of more than 30,000 men and 100 tanks smashed into South Vietnam and raced to capture Saigon. All that stood in their way was a small band of 6,800 South Vietnamese (ARVN) soldiers and militiamen, and a handful of American advisors with U.S. air support, guarding...
The Third Force in the Vietnam War
The Elusive Search for Peace 1954-75
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
It was the conflict that shocked America and the world, but the struggle for peace is central to the history of the Vietnam War. Rejecting the idea that war between Hanoi and the US was inevitable, the author traces North Vietnam's programs for a peaceful reunification of their nation from the 1954...
by Julian Davison
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Balinese style villas and resorts are popping up everywhere—from Ibiza to St Barts to Singapore. But what is Balinese architecture? And why is it so popular today?
Traditional Balinese houses, temples and pavilions are designed to allow man to exist in harmony with the natural forces of the...
Burmese Lessons
A true love story
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Orange Prize–winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.
When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity....
by Mochtar Lubis
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Written in the early 1960s while the author was under arrest by Indonesian authorities, this vivid dissection of social and political life in Jakarta, Indonesia reveals the dark currents of poverty, corruption and vice which course beneath the surface of one of the great cities of the Third World....
Dragon Ascending
Vietnam and the Vietnamese
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
A firsthand report on contemporary Vietnam presents a portrait of a nation that is struggling under the hold of Communism and places the Vietnam war in the perspective of a four-thousand-year-old history.
by Duncan Stearn
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
If there is one 'drug' which encapsulates the 'East' for many Westerners it is opium. Mention the word opium and many people begin to conjure an almost romantic world of smoky dives, in which glassy-eyed, somnolent men are wrapped around an elegant pipe.
The truth, of course, is somewhat different...
Goh Keng Swee
A Public Career Remembered
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore's first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore's first industrial estate now known as Jurong Town. He was also the first and longest serving Defence Minister after Singapore became independent in 1965, responsible for building up the Singapore...
by Leila S. Chudori
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
"A wonderful exercise in humanism . . . [by] a prodigious and impressive storyteller".—Jakarta Globe
An epic saga of "families and friends entangled in the cruel snare of history" (Time magazine), Home combines political repression and exile with a spicy mixture of love,...
China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368
A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Lo Jung-pang argues that during each of the three periods when imperial China embarked on maritime enterprises (the Qin and Han dynasties, the Sui and early Tang dynasties, and Song, Yuan, and early Ming dynasties), coastal states took the initiative at a time when China was divided, maritime trade and...
by Henry Albinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
North Korea History book, the existence of North Korea, and their origin, North Korea Society, North Korea Ethnicity, North Korea Culture, and Language, North Korea Economy, North Korea Government, North Korea Foreign Policy.PRIOR TO THE NATIONAL DIVISION of the Korean Peninsula in 1945, Korea was...
by Henry Albinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
South Korea history, South Korea Cultural Identity, South Korea Education, South Korea Religion, South Korea Economy, South Korea Government, South Korea culture, South Korea travel guide.A small country, approximately the size of Britain, Korea is located on a peninsula that protrudes southward from...
by Henry Albinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Who are the Azerbaijanis and how about them, what is their history, Azerbaijan location, Azerbaijan people, Azerbaijan tradition, Azerbaijan culture, Azerbaijan government and politics, Azerbaijan tourism and business investments.As a crossroads of tribal migration and military campaigns, Azerbaijan...
Muslims and Matriarchs
Cultural Resilience in Indonesia through Jihad and Colonialism
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Muslims and Matriarchs is a history of an unusual, probably heretical, and ultimately resilient cultural system. The Minangkabau culture of West Sumatra, Indonesia, is well known as the world's largest matrilineal culture; Minangkabau people are also Muslim and famous for their piety. In this book,...