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  • A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times

    Traditions and Transformations

    by Michael Aung-Thwin, Maitrii Aung-Thwin ...
    The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, known amongst English speakers as Burma, is often characterized as a place of repressive military rule, civil war, censorship and corrupt elections – and despite recent attempts to promote tourism to this little-known country, few people visit this region of Asia.In A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times, Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin take us ... Read more

    $36.89 CAD

  • Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

    A Tale of Two Kingdoms

    by Michael A. Aung-Thwin ...
    When the great kingdom of Pagan declined politically in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, its territory devolved into three centers of power and a period of transition occurred. Then two new kingdoms arose: the First Ava Dynasty in Upper Myanmar and the First Pegu Dynasty in Lower Myanmar. Both originated around the second half of the fourteenth century, reached their pinnacles ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • New Perspectives on the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia

    Continuing Explorations

    Edited by Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin, Kenneth Hall ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Using a unique "old–new" treatment, this book presents new perspectives on several important topics in Southeast Asian history and historiography. Based on original, primary research, it reinterprets and revises several long-held conventional views in the field, covering the period from the "classical" age to the twentieth century. Chapters share the approach to Southeast Asian history and ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

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  • Embers of War

    The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

    by Fredrik Logevall ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARSWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians • Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • Finalist for the Cundill Prize in Historical LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTh... ... Read more

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  • The Eaves of Heaven

    A Life in Three Wars

    by Andrew X. Pham ...
    From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars.The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed Andrew Pham’s debut, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam, for evoking “the full sadness of the human condition . . . marveling at spiritual resilience amid ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Cambodia: From empire to survival

    From empire to survival

    by John Tully ...
    New in the Short History of Asia series edited by Milton Osborne this is a concise and readable history of Cambodia from its rich and powerful past through the era of French protection the Vietnamese conflict the Pol Pot regime and to its present day incarnation as a constitutional monarchy and popular tourist destination. Temples and killing fields mighty rivers and impenetrable forests a past ... Read more

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  • Modern Greece

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Stathis Kalyvas ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    When Greece's economic troubles began to threaten the stability of the European Union in 2010, the nation found itself in the center of a whirlwind of international finger-pointing. In the years prior, Greece appeared to be politically secure and economically healthy. Upon its emergence in the center of the European economic maelstrom, however, observers and critics cited a century of economic ... Read more

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  • Finding the Dragon Lady

    The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu

    by Monique Brinson Demery ...
    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 no small part because of South Vietnam's first lady, Madame Nhu. "That goddamn ... Read more

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  • A Fistful of Kung Fu

    Hong Kong Movie Wargame Rules

    by Andrea Sfiligoi ...
    Series Book 6 - Osprey Wargames
    A Fistful of Kung Fu brings the hyper-kinetic, bullet-spraying, demon-slaying, kung-fu-fighting action of Hong Kong movies and Asian cinema to the wargames tabletop. In a modern world walking a precarious line between the advances of next-generation technology and the tradition and mysticism of ancient cultures, Kung Fu schools face off in no-holds-barred tournaments, corporations hire agents and ... Read more

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  • Sources of Japanese Tradition

    From Earliest Times to 1600

    Edited by Carol Gluck, Arthur Tiedemann, Wm. Theodore De Bary ...
    Series series Introduction to Asian Civilizations
    Sources of Japanese Tradition is a best-selling classic, unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. In this long-awaited second edition, the editors have revised or retranslated most of the texts in the original 1958 edition, and added a great many selections not included or translated before ... Read more

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  • USN F-4 Phantom II vs VPAF MiG-17/19

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    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 23 - Duel
    A fully-illustrated account of the duels between the carrier-borne interceptor of the US Navy and the agile MiG during the height of the Vietnam air war.The Vietnam War placed unexpected demands upon American military forces and equipment. The principal US naval fighter, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom, had originally been designed to defend the Fleet from air attack at long range. However, its ... Read more

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