著者:Patrick King
出版社: Highland Classics
発売日: 2022年06月13日
A compelling memoir of an Asian drug lord and his battle for the people of Myanmar.
Khun Sa rose to power in the war torn jungles of Burma to become the world's opium king of organized crime, with a……続きを見る
'History of the Philippine Islands' in 2 volumes is a chronicle written by the Spanish priest Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga. The book features the history of the Philippines from their discovery by Fer……続きを見る
Adeline Knapp's 'The Story of the Philippines' is an immersive exploration of the history and culture of the Philippines, seamlessly blending historical facts with vivid storytelling. Through detail……続きを見る
著者:Scott Pribble
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2023年07月21日
Pribble investigates the barter economies that developed in many of the labor camps established under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
When the Khmer Rouge abolished currency and markets in 1975, starvi……続きを見る
Morilla Maria Norton's 'Outposts of Asia' is a captivating exploration of the geopolitical landscape of Asia in the 21st century through a series of interconnected stories set in different countries……続きを見る
A history of the military campaign that set the stage for the end of the Vietnam War.
By the end of 1971, in what Hanoi called the American War and at the height of the Cold War, the fighting had dr……続きを見る
The book is an interdisciplinary study on the relationship between Muslims and their mosques in Indonesia and Malaysia. It presents selected historic mosques that demonstrate local interpretations a……続きを見る
著者:Mark Dizon
出版社: The University of North Carolina Press
発売日: 2023年09月12日
Throughout the eighteenth century, independent Indigenous people from the borderlands of the Philippines visited the centers of Spanish colonial rule in the archipelago. Their travels are the counte……続きを見る
Old Singapore was an eclectic trade emporium, where an ethnically and culturally diverse populace coalesced, and sometimes clashed, under the aegis of the British Empire. It was a fascinating world ……続きを見る
'On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing ach……続きを見る
A sweeping account of three Gujarati Muslim trading communities, whose commercial success over nearly two centuries sheds new light on the history of capitalism, Islam, and empire in South Asia.
Dur……続きを見る
**“Riveting.” ーThe New York Times
From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of ……続きを見る
Unveiling the Epic Saga of the Mongol Empire: A Book Bundle of Nomadic Origins to Lasting Global Heritage
Discover the Untold Story: Delve into the pages of history and immerse yourself in the gripp……続きを見る
This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam, drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany and the history of technology.
The authors have adopted a technological approa……続きを見る
'A rigorously researched and gripping account... a beautifully written book' - Kathrin Hille, Financial Times
'Excellent and timely… Khan’s book suggests that military conflict is not inevitable and……続きを見る
"This is a terrific history of the Seventh Fleet's vital service to the United States in the Vietnam War... remarkably researched and interpreted"
- Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, Chief of Naval Oper……続きを見る
The forgotten story of the major naval operations conducted in the Philippines by the US and Japanese navies after Leyte Gulf up to the US invasion of Luzon in January 1945.
The events that took pla……続きを見る
A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrenc……続きを見る
Highly detailed and colourful, this account illustrates the struggle of Indonesian forces in their War of Independence against the Netherlands, following the surrender of occupying Japanese forces i……続きを見る
In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse
Growing up in poverty in the 1950s, K……続きを見る
著者:Kim A. Wagner
出版社: PublicAffairs
発売日: 2024年05月07日
In this “forensic, unflinching, devastating work of historical recovery” (Sathnam Sanghera), Bud Dajoーan American atrocity bigger than Wounded Knee or My Lai, yet today largely forgottenーis reveal……続きを見る
The war in the Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and ended with the atomic bombs on Hirsoshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which led to the surrender in Toky……続きを見る
From Andrew Wiest, the bestselling author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam and one of the leading scholars in the study of the Vietnam War, comes a frank exploration of the human……続きを見る