Asian History

A soldier-citizen describes the role of the Republic of China's military in the political socialization of Taiwan's citizens during the first two decades after the loss of the Chinese mainland...

This is a clear introduction to Suez covering the background to the crisis, the invasion and its aftermath. Primary sources, text and visual, are accompanied by analysis showing historical context and the uses of sources for the historian...

This is a clear introduction to Suez covering the background to the crisis, the invasion and its aftermath. Primary sources, text and visual, are accompanied by analysis showing historical context and the uses of sources for the historian...

This volume portrays one of the most compelling stories of the 19th century, when a quasi-religious and social movement lost 100,000 warriors in an attempt to overthrow the Qing dynasty and left 20 million dead in their wake...

Here, Professor Unger presents a vivid picture of life in rural areas during the Maoist revolution,and then after the post-Mao disbandment of the collectives. A story of unexpected continuities amidst great change, Unger describes how rural administrations retain Maoist characteristics...

Here, Professor Unger presents a vivid picture of life in rural areas during the Maoist revolution,and then after the post-Mao disbandment of the collectives. A story of unexpected continuities amidst great change, Unger describes how rural administrations retain Maoist characteristics...

Providing the basis for a reconceptualization of key features in Southeast Asia's history, this book examines evolutionary patterns of Europe's and Japan's Southeast Asian empires from the late 19th century through to the 1960s...

This book examines the interconnections between the transfer of power and state governance in Asia, the emergence of the Cold War in Asia, and the transfer of hegemony from the UK to the US, by focusing specifically on the historical roles of international economic aid and the autonomous response fr..

This book examines the interconnections between the transfer of power and state governance in Asia, the emergence of the Cold War in Asia, and the transfer of hegemony from the UK to the US, by focusing specifically on the historical roles of international economic aid and the autonomous response fr..

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective. This book presents a history of the war from the perspective of the Vietnamese communists, using Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources...

Existing studies of the Vietnam War have been written mostly from an American perspective. This book presents a history of the war from the perspective of the Vietnamese communists, using Vietnamese, Chinese and former Soviet sources...

Derives from an unprecedented seminar held at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in November 1990. At the seminar, leading Western diplomatic and military historians and Vietnam scholars met with prominent Vietnamese Communists to reflect on the Vietnam War...