The Thiri Rama – or the Great Rama – was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on……続きを見る
Finalist, Templer Medal
In the spring of 1944, on the eastern front of India near the Burmese border, the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Japanese Army suffered the worst defeat in its history at the……続きを見る
Après une veillée funèbre, quand ils se séparèrent en pleine nuit, dans un état voisin de l'ivresse, les deux amis d'enfance pouvaient-ils s'imaginer que dans un proche avenir, ils se retrouveraient……続きを見る
著者:Yves Boquet
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2017年04月19日
This book presents an updated view of the Philippines, focusing on thematic issues rather than a description region by region. Topics include typhoons, population growth, economic difficulties, agra……続きを見る
Just hours after two pilots had taken possession of a Cessna aircraft, they were flying over the Midwest on a lovely autumn morning when their small plane was targeted by F-16 fighter jets. It was S……続きを見る
(This edition contains a limited number of illustrations.)
The most frank, readable and detailed account available in the English language of the political, economic, environmental and cultural chan……続きを見る
**The definitive history of modern Vietnam and its diverse and divided past
“The best one-volume history of modern Vietnam in English.” ーWall Street Journal**
In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells t……続きを見る
Although not a major player during the course of the First World War, Southeast Asia was in fact altered by the war in multiple and profound ways. Ranging across British Malaya, the Dutch East Indie……続きを見る
著者:Colin Brown
出版社: Allen & Unwin
発売日: 2003年07月01日
Islamic, authoritarian, democratic, developing, disintegrating, Indonesia is an enigma to outside observers who have never seemed sure just what it is.
The largest country in its region, Indonesia h……続きを見る
著者:Philip Short
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2013年04月25日
Pol Pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. He initiated a revolution whose radical egalitarianism exceeded any other in history. But in the process, Cambodia……続きを見る
著者:Tony Shome
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年08月02日
This book demonstrates how particular values and 'notions of leadership', which underpinned traditional Malay leadership, have played a crucial role in the political evolution of the modern Malaysia……続きを見る
Thailand is one of the world’s most popular travel destinations for many very good reasons: friendly people, warm climate, sandy beaches, clear sea, stunning landscape, fascinating culture, spicy fo……続きを見る
Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, Economists with Guns explores one of the central dynamics of international politics during the Cold War: th……続きを見る
Journey Through the Philippines is the ultimate Philippines travel pictorial for exploring Asia's second largest archipelago, home to some of the world's most beautiful natural landscapes.
Often ove……続きを見る
著者:David M. Pomfret
出版社: Stanford University Press
発売日: 2017年05月16日
This is the first study of its kind to provide such a broadly comparative and in-depth analysis of children and empire. Youth and Empire brings to light new research and new interpretations on two r……続きを見る
The essays reprinted here trace the history of Chinese emigration into the Pacific region, first as individuals, traders or exiles, moving into the 'Nanyang' (Southeast Asia), then as a mass migrati……続きを見る
Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both ……続きを見る
著者:Tobias Wolff
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2017年08月08日
“We weren’t meant to be here.” From the modern classic memoir, In Pharaoh’s Army, a selection by Tobias Wolff portrays the final days of civilian life before boarding the bus that would carry him to……続きを見る
To succeed in achieving its national security objectives the United States needs to use Associative Power in place of both Hard Power and Soft Power. Associative Power is the use of joint ventures a……続きを見る
The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates around fifty million years ago profoundly altered earth’s geography and regional climates. The rise of the Himalaya led to intensification of the mons……続きを見る
Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history has been neglected. This book is the first study of……続きを見る
This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in Singapore. Covering 1945-1990, it covers the post-war emergence of a truly 'local' chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking t……続きを見る
Based on my researching of Chinese Classical Astronomy and Text, this book is the latter version of the former "A New Approach on Old Issues Of Ancient Vietnamese History" - ISBN 9781310245367. The ……続きを見る
著者:Howard Jones
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2017年06月22日
When John F. Kennedy was shot, millions were left to wonder how America, and the world, would have been different had he lived to fulfill the enormous promise of his presidency. For many historians ……続きを見る
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la guerre du Viêt Nam en moins d'une heure !
À la fin de la guerre d'Indochine, en 1954, le Viêt Nam voit son territoire divisé entre le Nord communiste……続きを見る
A moving and sometimes chilling story of the making of childhood bonds in the 1950s, where young men lived on a dare and were restricted only by their own imaginations. This is a gripping tale of wh……続きを見る
著者:Peter Joseph Drake
出版社: World Scientific Publishing Company
発売日: 2017年07月07日
'One of the book’s several strong points are the amusing, often fascinating sketches of government officials and British merchants. This is a book of light touch and readable style but also of muc……続きを見る
' Indonesie vanuit zee' is een boeiend ooggetuigenverslag van een minder bekend stukje Vaderlandse geschiedenis: de activiteiten van de Nederlandse Marine in Nederlands-Indie in de jaren vlak ……続きを見る
著者:Adam Fforde
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2017年07月05日
This volume investigates why peasants defend themselves against the predations of politics by using such "everyday" forms of protest as footdragging, feigned ignorance, false compliance, etc. With a……続きを見る