2015 | Asian History Books

Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation

March 22, 2015

Winner of the Everett Family Jewish Book of the Year Award (a National Jewish Book Award) and the RUSA Sophie Brody Medal.In Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day […]
A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the Years 1792, 1793, and 1794; Containing the Various Circumstances of the Embassy

March 22, 2015

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1795 edition by J.J. Tourneisen, Basil. Sale Price:$19.05 1402161875
Washington’s Taiwan Dilemma, 1949-1950: From Abandonment to Salvation

March 22, 2015

The declaration of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949 presented American foreign policy officials with two dilemmas: How to deal with the communist government on the mainland and what to do about Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist regime on Taiwan. By 1950, these questions were pressing hard upon U.S. civilian and military planners and policy […]
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (P.S.)

March 22, 2015

Lucette Lagnado’s father, Leon, is a successful Egyptian businessman and boulevardier who, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit, makes deals and trades at Shepherd’s Hotel and at the dark bar of the Nile Hilton. After the fall of King Farouk and the rise of the Nasser dictatorship, Leon loses everything and his family is […]
Thailand and World War II

March 22, 2015

In Thailand and World War II, Direk Jayanama provides a unique, first-hand account of Thailand’s diplomatic, military, and economic history between 1938 and 1948. Diplomat, statesman, academic, and writer, Direk Jayanama helped guide the Thai nation through a turbulent period in its history. He was Deputy Prime Minister when Thailand was forced on 8 December […]
The Man Who Accused the King of Killing a Fish: The Biography of Narin Phasit of Siam, 1874-1950

March 22, 2015

Narin Phasit was one of the most remarkable yet little-known figures in the annals of Thai history, a man who devoted his life to what the seventh king of Siam called “seeking a name for himself in a wildly inappropriate manner,” and he himself preferred to describe as “working contentedly for my country, alone and […]
Materializing Thailand (Materializing Culture)

March 22, 2015

Thailand has become well known throughout the world for wonderful cuisine, great package holidays, sumptuous temples and textiles. Noticeably absent from glossy tourist brochures but equally well known throughout the Western world is Thailand’s seedier side – the world of child exploitation, rampant prostitution and AIDS. Thailand maintains its appeal by slipping the ugly and […]
Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know

March 22, 2015

No country in Asia in recent years has undergone so massive a political shift in so short a time as Myanmar. Until recently, the former British colony had one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, a country where Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was held in continual […]
Thailand’s Political History: From the 13th Century to Recent Times

March 22, 2015

A full history of Thai politics from the 13th century to the present day. Sale Price:$24.39 9749863968
Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam

March 22, 2015

In the annals of Vietnam War history, no figure has been more controversial than Ngo Dinh Diem. During the 1950s, U.S. leaders hailed Diem as “the miracle man of Southeast Asia” and funneled huge amounts of aid to his South Vietnamese government. But in 1963 Diem was ousted and assassinated in a coup endorsed by […]

Recent Posts

POPULAR

RECENT

COMMENT

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Meta