2015 | Asian History Books

The Secret Art of Seamm Jasani: 58 Movements for Eternal Youth from Ancient Tibet

March 22, 2015

More than 10,000 years ago in the ancient Himalayan Mountains, an ancestral civilization committed itself to the study and development of the Science and Art for Eternal Youth. A form kept in close secrecy for millennia is now revealed for the first time in this practical and dynamic guidebook. The teachings focus on cultivating the […]
Singapore Through 19th-Century Photographs

March 22, 2015

Singapore Through 19th-Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore from the early 1840s to the 1900s. Paired with lively commentary, the more than 120 rare photographs from leading institutional and private collections recreate a compelling portrait of 19th-century Singapore. Sale Price:$24.94 9814260061
The State, Religion, and Ethnic Politics: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

March 22, 2015

RustyRiver offers fast daily shipping and 100% customer satisfaction GUARANTEED! This book is in good condition! Ex-Library book. Sale Price:$4.99 0815624484
Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan

March 22, 2015

By the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. On December 27, 2007, a suicide bomber killed Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan. Brilliant and charismatic, the head of a political family as important to Pakistani history as the Gandhis in India or the Kennedys in the […]
Two Societies in Opposition: The Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China After Forty Years (Hoover Institution Press Publication)

March 22, 2015

The essays in this book employ a multidisciplinary approach to systematically compare the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. Sale Price:$16.50 0817990917
Enduring Freedom, Enduring Voices: US Operations in Afghanistan (General Military)

March 22, 2015

The war in Afghanistan has become one of the most complex, challenging operations in the history of the US military. Using first-hand accounts of the men and women who fought in Operation Enduring Freedom, this book presents an intensely personal history of the war in Afghanistan, revealing the determination, heroism, sacrifice, and strength of spirit that […]
The Dalai Lama: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

March 22, 2015

The Dalai Lama is both the living conscience of the Tibetan people and an internationally respected human rights symbol. His high-profile appearances and books have fueled the surging popularity of Buddhism in the United States and throughout the West. This new, up-to-date biography provides insight into the curious and winning personality of the Dalai Lama […]
Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq

March 22, 2015

When American and British forces invaded Iraq in March 2003, select teams of special forces and intelligence operatives got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised were there. They quickly realized no such weapons existed. Instead they faced an insurgency—a soaring spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to understand, […]
Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis

March 22, 2015

Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship with China as well as in relations between […]
Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam’s Madame Nhu

March 22, 2015

In November 1963, the president of South Vietnam and his brother were brutally executed in a coup that was sanctioned and supported by the American government. President Kennedy later explained to his close friend Paul Red” Fay that the reason the United States made the fateful decision to get rid of the Ngos was in […]

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