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The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam

March 22, 2015

In December 1953 French paratroopers, who had been searching for the elusive Vietnamese army, were quickly isolated by them and forced to retreat into their out-gunned and desolate jungle base-a small place called Dien Bien Phu. The Vietnamese besieged the French base for five long and desperate months. Eventually, the demoralized and weakened French were […]
Afghanistan Revealed: Beyond the Headlines

March 22, 2015

Afghanistan Revealed offers the reader an incisive view into a country that has held the world’s attention for more than a decade. Hardly a day goes by without Afghanistan making news in the media – but behind the headlines, what do we really know about this complex and enigmatic country, its people, its culture and […]
Stallion of the Sun and Other Stories

March 22, 2015

The seven masterful stories in this collection, many of which have been translated into English for the first time, affirm Anantha Murthy as one of India’s foremost fiction writers. Sale Price:$9.51 0140285245
The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt in His Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593

March 22, 2015

Edited by C.R. Drinkwater Bethune. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1847 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London. Sale Price:$9.99 1402196032
Between Assimilation and Independence: The Taiwanese Encounter Nationalist China, 1945-1950

March 22, 2015

Taiwan’s relationship with mainland China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island’s domestic politics, and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. Between Assimilation and Independence explores the roots of this conflict in the immediate postwar period, when the Nationalist government led by Jiang Jieshi took control of […]
Elite Forces of India and Pakistan

March 22, 2015

Influenced by the German use of paratroopers early in World War II (1939-1945), General Sir Robert Cassels, the Commander-in-Chief India, ordered the formation of an airborne cadre in October 1940. Thus marked the origins of India’s first élite units. Pakistan can trace the origins of its own army airborne to the common parentage of British-raised […]
Language Policy and Modernity in Southeast Asia: 6

March 22, 2015

This volume considers the ways in which modernity challenges and informs the language policies of various Southeast Asians nations. Using case studies from Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, the authors examine language policies that are explicitly articulated either in the form of State constitutions or in the public proclamations of political leaders. Particular attention […]
Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia: Explorations in the Intellectual History of India and Tibet, 1500-1800

March 22, 2015

In the past two decades, scholars have transformed our understanding of the interactions between India and the West since the consolidation of British power on the subcontinent around 1800. While acknowledging the merits of this scholarship, Sheldon Pollock argues that knowing how colonialism changed South Asian cultures, particularly how Western modes of thought became dominant, […]
Steps on the Path to Enlightenment, Karma: Steps on the Path to Enlightenment: A Commentary on Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo, Volume 2: Karma (Vol.2)

March 22, 2015

This second volume of the five-volume commentary by the renowned Buddhist scholar Geshe Lhundub Sopa focuses on the key Buddhist concepts of karma, or cause and effect, and dependent origination. Considered one of the finest living Buddhist scholars, Geshe Sopa provides commentaries essential for anyone interested in a sound understanding of Tibetan Buddhist practice and […]
Moroland: The History of Uncle Sam and the Moros 1899-1920

March 22, 2015

Moroland is the lost history of the once-famed struggle between the United States Army and the “wild” Moros, the Muslim peoples of the southern Philippine islands. Lasting over two decades, it was this country’s first sustained encounter with a volatile mixture of nation-building, insurgency, counterinsurgency, and militant Islamism. A byproduct of the Spanish-American War, the […]

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