Southeast Asia
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Unlikely Warriors: The Army Security Agency’s Secret War in Vietnam 1961-1973d
$53.27 Add to cartIn early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal building. The plane slowed to a halt; steps were maneuvered up to its side, and the door was pulled open. The tropical
- Author: Long, Lonnie M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 490
- Publish Date: May 13 2013
- ISBN10: 1475990588
- Language: English
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Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition
$21.99 Add to cartAn NPR Book of the Year
“A beautifully written, deeply intelligent book about [a] crucial moment.” — Fareed Zakaria, CNN Nobody expecte
A Seattle Times Book of the Year
William E. Colby Award Winner- Author: Hajari, Nisid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 21 2016
- ISBN10: 0544705394
- Language: English
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Southeast Asia: A History in Objects
$45.00 Read moreCreated in collaboration with the British Museum, this richly illustrated volume displays the arts, histories, and cultures of Southeast Asia from about 6,000 years ago to the twenty-first century, co
- Series: British Museum: A History in Objects
- Author: Green, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0500480877
- Language: English
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Stay Alive, My Son
$17.95 Add to cartIn Stay Alive, My Son, Pin Yathay provides an unforgettable testament of the horror that ensued and a gripping account of personal courage, sacrifice and survival.
Documenting the 27 months from the a- Series: Touchstone Books (Paperback)
- Author: Yathay, Pin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 10 2002
- ISBN10: 0671663941
- Language: English
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The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
$25.99 Add to cartA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott’s The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Begin… [more below]
- Author: Elliott, Mai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 019061451X
- Language: English
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Vietnam Wars 1945-1990
$26.99 Add to cart“This is the history of the war in Vietnam we have been waiting for. This is a marvelous achievement–meticulously documented, excitingly narrated, written with grace, wit, and passion.”- Howard Zinn
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- Author: Young, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 25 1991
- ISBN10: 0060921072
- Language: English
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Cambodia’s Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land
$21.99 Add to cartA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge. A generation after genocide, Cambodia seeme… [more below]
- Author: Brinkley, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 1610391837
- Language: English
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If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
$18.00 Add to cartA classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried
“One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam.”
—Minneapolis Star and- Author: O’Brien, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0767904435
- Language: English
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Tse Tsan Tai (1872-1938): An Australian-Cantonese Opinion Maker in British Hong Kong
$34.95 Add to cartWho was Tse Tsan Tai? Insurrectionist? Socialite? Patriot? Revolutionary?
Born and raised in Australia and trained in Anglo-Hong Kong’s civil service, Tse Tsan Tai (1872-1938) was all of these and more
- Series: Asian Studies
- Author: Wang, Dong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: June 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1915271843
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia
$16.99 Add to cartThailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there’s much more to this popular holiday destination than many realize.
A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at th- Series: Brief History of Asia
- Author: Ruth, Richard A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0804851212
- Language: English
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When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition
$25.00 Add to cartAward-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the ri… [more below]
- Author: Becker, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: November 10 1998
- ISBN10: 1891620002
- Language: English
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Ho Chi Minh: A Life
$39.00 Add to cartTo grasp the complicated causes and consequences of the Vietnam War, one must understand the extraordinary life of Ho Chi Minh, the man generally recognized as the father of modern Vietnam. Duiker pro… [more below]
- Author: Duiker, William J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: February 22 2007
- ISBN10: 0786863870
- Language: English
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Golden Bones: An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in America
$18.99 Add to cartWhile the United States battled Vietnamese Communists in the 1960s and 1970s, in neighboring Cambodia dictator Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge declared war on their own people, enslaving and slaughtering
- Author: Siv, Sichan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 23 2009
- ISBN10: 0061375411
- Language: English
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Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina
$24.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1961 by Stackpole Books, Street without Joy is a classic of military history. Journalist and scholar Bernard Fall vividly captured the sights, sounds, and smells of the brutal– and… [more below]
- Series: Stackpole Military History
- Author: Fall, Bernard B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0811736547
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia: Multiculturalism and Prosperity: The Shared History of Two Southeast Asian Tigers
$18.99 Add to cartThe fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today!
Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West–vital choke po- Series: Brief History of Asia
- Author: Hale, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0804854203
- Language: English
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The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
$19.99 Add to cartNovember 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes–only to be met by … [more below]
- Author: Heimann, Judith M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0156033259
- Language: English
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
$50.00 Add to cartAn absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.
Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, p
- Author: Hastings, Max
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0062405667
- Language: English
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Off the Record: A Vietnam War Nurse’s Journal
$18.99 Add to cartOff the Record is the unauthorized, unfolding, real-time account of an army nurse’s year-long tour in Vietnam. She captured her reflections within a day, or even minutes of the conflicts and encounter
- Author: Ferington, Fay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: July 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1960250884
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia’s Largest Nation
$16.95 Add to cartSultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World’s Largest Archipelago
Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after- Series: Brief History of Asia
- Author: Hannigan, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0804844763
- Language: English
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Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade
$24.95 Add to cartLocated on the left bank of the Chao Phya River, Thailand’s capital, Krungthep, known as Bangkok to Westerners and “the City of Angels” to Thais, has been home to smugglers and adventurers since the l
- Author: Maguire, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0231161352
- Language: English
