2015 | Asian History Books

Notes from the Other China – Adventures in Asia

March 22, 2015

Parfitt takes a look at Korea’s fever-pitch nationalism and gives an assessment of the worldÂ’s only Chinese democracy, has a run-in with a Nepalese rhinoceros – and one or two equally volatile Vietnamese tour guides – and ponders the actions and reactions of the people he meets. In these pages he shares his encounters with […]
Jungle of Snakes: A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq

March 22, 2015

A gripping history of a new kind of warfare, with sobering lessons for America’s future. The end of the cold war promised a new era of international peace. But instead, violence has proliferated across the globe, not in the form of a superpower arms race or a clash of armies, but in bitter local conflicts […]
The History of Singapore (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)

March 22, 2015

Singapore is a dominant player in the global economy, serving both as an essential business hub for international finance and home to some of the world’s most important ports. It is also one of the world’s smallest and most resource-poor countries. This book offers an engaging examination of Singapore using a theme of globalization to […]
The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East

March 22, 2015

In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.Rabinovich’s masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the two-front conflict. Then, on […]
The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej

March 22, 2015

Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world’s longest-serving monarch. The King Never Smiles, the first independent biography of Thailand’s monarch, tells the unexpected story of Bhumibol’s life and sixty-year rulehow a Western-raised boy came to be seen by […]
Geo-Politics of Pakistan: Advantages and Disadvantages

March 22, 2015

Being a key Player in the South Asian Politics since cold war era, Pakistan has always remained in limelight of World Politics. This book provides a comprehensive account of the history of advantages and disadvantages accrued by Pakistan across the period of its independence till 2008. Must Read for People interested in Geo-politics. Sale Price:buy […]
Lost Colony: The Untold Story of China’s First Great Victory over the West

March 22, 2015

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world’s most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War–Europe’s first war with China–the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and […]
Corazon Aquino: The Story of a Revolution

March 22, 2015

SECOND PRINTING. 1987 George Braziller hardcover. Lucy Komisar (The new feminism). The biography of the Philippines president traces her transformation from a shadowy partner of her martyred husband into a forceful and charismatic leader in her own right. Komisar Sale Price:$62.14 0807611719
Hong Kong’s Housing Policy: A Case Study in Social Justice

March 22, 2015

This book examines housing policy in Hong Kong using a new and unique interdisciplinary approach – combining the philosophical discussion on social justice with policy and housing studies. Sale Price:$60.00 9622099041
Escape from the Land of Snows: The Young Dalai Lama’s Harrowing Flight to Freedom and the Making of a Spiritual Hero

March 22, 2015

On the evening of March 17, 1959, as the people of Tibet braced for a violent power grab by Chinese occupiers—one that would forever wipe out any vestige of national sovereignty—the twenty-four-year-old Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and spiritual leader, contemplated the impossible. The task before him was immense: to slip past a cordon of crack […]

Recent Posts

POPULAR

RECENT

COMMENT

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Meta