著者:Ambeth R. Ocampo
出版社: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
発売日: 2020年07月20日
The cause of history writing owes Ambeth Ocampo a great deal. By his extraordinary use of a relatively new genre, he has rescued history from the cold, forbidding halls of academe. He has made of hi……続きを見る
著者:Daniel Ford
出版社: Warbird Books
発売日: 2015年12月29日
When Japanese planes laid waste to Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, the United States had just one air combat unit on the continent of Asia. That was the 1st American Volunteer Group……続きを見る
著者:Ambeth R. Ocampo
出版社: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
発売日: 2020年07月20日
Ambeth Ocampo always makes historical figures come alive, blemishes and all, and with his curious eye, make our heroes very human and not the mythic figures that we want to make of them. [He] makes ……続きを見る
The recorded history of Indonesia dates back over two thousand years. This is the 2nd Journal, covering events from the British invasion of Batavia in 1811 CE, up to the granting of Indonesian Indep……続きを見る
In Motherless Tongues, Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history gleaned from the workings of translation in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Movi……続きを見る
In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente L. Rafael argues that translation was key to the emergence of Filipino nationalism in the nineteenth century. Acts of translation entailed technics from which ……続きを見る
Cambodia History Unveiled: The Untold Story of the Former Khmer Republic delves into the rich history of Cambodia, uncovering the intricate narratives behind one of Southeast Asia's most fascinating……続きを見る
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ
“A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killi……続きを見る
Described as one of the most powerful leaders in Cambodian politics, he ousted French colonialism then overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime. He shaped the political and economic landscape in Cambodia us……続きを見る
Through the eyes of two frontline journalists comes a gripping narrative history of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement centered around a cast of four core activists, culminating in the 2019 mass p……続きを見る
In August 1883, massive volcanic eruptions destroyed two-thirds of Krakatau islands, located in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java. It was the day the world exploded. Tsunami wreaked havoc in……続きを見る
著者:Tana Li
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2024年01月31日
Despite its 3,000 kilometre coastline, few people see Vietnam as a maritime country. Here Li Tana presents a powerful new argument about Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from ……続きを見る
Weaving a critique of major power intervention into political history, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cambodia from 1953 to the present.
Since gaining its independence in 1953, Cambo……続きを見る
著者:Jane M. Ferguson
出版社: University of Hawaii Press
発売日: 2024年03月31日
In a tour-de-force study of sixty years of cinematic entertainment, Silver Screens and Golden Dreams traces the veins of Burmese popular movies across three periods in history: the colonial era, the……続きを見る
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Waterstones and TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SPECTATOR and History Today BOOK OF THE YEAR
A revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas, from……続きを見る
A highly illustrated, authoritative exploration of Operation Apache Snow, including the infamous Battle of Hamburger Hill (Ap Bia Mountain), one of the most significant and well-known actions in the……続きを見る
著者:Taizo Miyagi
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2017年12月13日
More than any other region in the world, Asia has witnessed tremendous change in the post-war era. A continent once engulfed by independence and revolution, and later by the Cold War and civil war, ……続きを見る
[Lt Col Edward D (Moke) Murray]… an outstanding officer in the Indian Army and became a Gurkha commander in Malaya. In 1939 he fired the crucial shot that dispersed a strike that threatened the Raj.……続きを見る
著者:Cheng Guan Ang
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2024年11月21日
The Third Indochina War – comprised of the Vietnam-Kampuchea War from 1978 to 1990 and the brief Sino-Vietnamese War in February 1979 – has received far less scholarly attention than the earlier two……続きを見る