2015 | Asian History Books

In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler’s Tale

March 25, 2015

Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out to find an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medieval customs coexist with twentieth-century desires and discontents. But even as Ghosh sought […]
Lieutenant Ramsey’s War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander (Memories of War)

March 25, 2015

After the fall of the Philippines in 1942 – and after leading the last horse cavalry charge in U.S. history – Ed Ramsey refused to surrender. Instead, he joined the Filipino resistance and rose to command more than 40,000 guerrillas. The Japanese put the elusive American leader at the top of their death list. Rejecting […]
Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb

March 25, 2015

The history of Pakistan’s nuclear program is the history of Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young nation’s leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars, and more urgently by India’s […]
Bataan: Our Last Ditch : The Bataan Campaign, 1942

March 25, 2015

Focuses on America’s first engagement in WWII. Unpublished letters, written and oral testimony of over 350 veterans restores these gruelling months into a historical record. Sale Price:$49.95 0870528777
A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives

March 25, 2015

An essential new resource for students and teachers of the Vietnam War, this concise collection of primary sources opens a valuable window on an extraordinarily complex conflict. The materials gathered here, from both the American and Vietnamese sides, remind readers that the conflict touched the lives of many people in a wide range of social […]
Shooting for a Century: The India-Pakistan Conundrum

March 25, 2015

The rivalry between India and Pakistan has proven to be one of the world’s most intractable international conflicts, ever since 1947 when the British botched their departure from the South Asian subcontinent. And the enmity is likely to continue for another thirty-five years, reaching the century mark. This has critical implications for both countries and […]
An Explorer’s Adventures in Tibet

March 25, 2015

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Sale Price:buy at discount B004TQN6QQ
History of the Byzantine Empire 324 to 1453 two volumes, unabridged

March 25, 2015

The Byzantine Empire; a state which can said to have been in continuous existence from 324 A.D. to 1453 A.D. During this time, its fortunes have waxed and waned; it has celebrated great triumphs and suffered the basest defeats, defeated the strongest powers of the time and been overrun mere years later. To the historian, […]
Japan unmasked,

March 25, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$3.98 B0007DUYHY
Southeast Asia in World History (New Oxford World History)

March 25, 2015

Here is a brief, well-written, and lively survey of the history of Southeast Asia from ancient times to the present, paying particular attention to the region’s role in world history and the distinctive societies that arose in lands shaped by green fields and forests, blue rivers and seas. Craig Lockard shows how for several millennia […]

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