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Resolve: From the Jungles of WW II Bataan,The Epic Story of a Soldier, a Flag, and a Prom ise Kept

March 22, 2015

On April 9, 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. But a few hundred Americans placed their faith in their own hands and headed for the jungles.One of them was twenty-three-year-old Clay Conner Jr., who had never even camped before . . . The obstacles to […]
Indo-Persian Historiography up to the Thirteenth Century

March 22, 2015

This book discusses the origin and growth of Indo-Persian historiography with specific emphasis on India’s contribution to the literary heritage of the Persian world. The relative merit of some of the works discussed in this book have been analysed in the context of contemporary works/narratives produced in neighbouring countries. Indo-Persian Historiography up to the Thirteenth […]
Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936-1947

March 22, 2015

During the 1930s and 1940s the British cultivated political and social relations with the Tibetan elite. This photographic study reveals the way in which the city, its palaces, monasteries and mansions became the backdrop for a social world in which the British and Tibetans interacted. During the 1930s and 1940s the British cultivated close political […]
Trans-Himalaya (Volume 1 of 2) : Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet

March 22, 2015

We pass through one zone of vegetation after another. The flora of the plain is left far behind; now the eye notices new forms in new zones—forms characteristic of the various heights of the southern slopes of the Himalayas—and at last appear the dark deodar forests, the royal Himalayan cedars, with their luxuriant green foliage, […]
Phantom Warriors: Book 2: More Extraordinary True Combat Stories from LRRPS, LRPS, and Rangers in Vietnam

March 22, 2015

MORE GRIPPING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED LRRP ACCOUNTSFROM THE FRONT LINESDuring the Vietnam War, few combat operations were more dangerous than LRRP/Ranger missions. Vastly outnumbered, the patrols faced overwhelming odds as they fought to carry out their missions, from gathering intelligence, acting as hunter/killer teams, or engaging in infamous “Parakeet” flights– actions in which teams were dropped into […]
Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam

March 22, 2015

The bestselling expose of a major political scandal–in the tradition of All the President’s Men and Spycatcher. The story of a five-year investigation by two award-winning journalists, Kiss the Boys Goodbye reveals heartbreaking evidence of POWs abandoned in Vietnam, of official obstruction and missing files, censored testimony and thinly veiled threats from government sources. 16 […]
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

March 22, 2015

Duong Van Mai Elliott’s The Sacred Willow, an extraordinary narrative woven from the lives of four generations of her family, illuminates fascinating–and until now unexplored–strands of Vietnamese history. Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural poverty to become an influential mandarin, and continuing to the present, Mai Elliott traces her family’s journey through an […]
Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty

March 22, 2015

This is the fantastic true story of the infamous pirate; Coxinga who became king of Taiwan and was made a god – twice. From humble origins, Coxinga’s father became the richest man in China and Admiral of the Emperor’s navy during the Ming Dynasty. As his eldest son, Coxinga was given the best education and […]
Knights of the Realm: Thailand’s Military and Police Then and Now

March 22, 2015

Knights of the Realm: Thailand’s Military and Police, Then and Now Represent the first systematic account of the political history of Thailand’s security sector and the main actors involved. The military and police find their legitimacy through law, a safeguarding of monarchy, or a more ambiguous protection of national security: Nation, Religion, Monarchy, People. Thailand […]
Tibet: Caught in Time (Caught in Time: Great Photographic Archives)

March 22, 2015

In Lhasa, a noble family take a picnic in a park, the women’s elaborate headdresses adorned with pearls. Travelling folk-opera singers pose in costumes and masks. Tibet covers an area as large as the UK, France and Germany combined, with a landscape that includes magnificent glaciers and Himalayan peaks, but also high plateaux and valleys […]

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