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“henry kamn”

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  • Dragon Ascending

    Vietnam and the Vietnamese

    by Henry Kamn ...
    A firsthand report on contemporary Vietnam presents a portrait of a nation that is struggling under the hold of Communism and places the Vietnam war in the perspective of a four-thousand-year-old history. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Sacred Willow

    Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

    by Mai Elliott ...
    A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural poverty to become an influential landowner, and continuing to the present, Mai Elliott traces her family's journey through an era of tumultuous ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Shadows in the Jungle

    The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II

    by Larry Alexander ...
    From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of A Higher Call, an up-close-and-personal account of the Alamo Scouts in World War II.Determined to retake the Philippines ever since his ignominious flight from the islands in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur needed a first-rate intelligence-gathering unit. Out of thousands, only 138 soldiers were chosen: the best, toughest, and most fit men the army ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Brave Ones

    East Timor, 1999

    by John Birmingham ...
    Series Book 5 - Short Blacks
    'As the convoy growled and squeaked to a halt in the dark, angry militiamen and soldiers began to shout and wave at the Australians, demanding they move aside. The Brave Ones' vanguard presented as a B-movie vision of some pirate biker gang from Hell, a rat bastard outfit in black tee-shirts, camouflage pants, long hair and bandanas, with axes in their eyes and guns at the ready.'The Brave Ones ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Such a Lovely Little War

    Saigon 1961-63

    by Marcelino Truong ...
    Translated by David Homel ...
    Marcelino Truong: Marcelino Truong is an illustrator, painter, and author. Born the son of a Vietnamese diplomat in 1957 in the Philippines, he and his family moved to America (where his father worked for the embassy) and then to Vietnam at the outset of the war. He earned degrees in law at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and English literature at the Sorbonne. He has authored many ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Record of Cambodia

    The Land and Its People

    by Zhou Daguan, Peter Harris (Translator) ...
    Translated, with an introduction and notes, by Peter HarrisOnly one person has given us a first-hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 1296–97 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day, Zhou’s description of the royal palace, sacred buildings, women, traders, slaves, hill people, ... Read more

    $19.98 USD

  • Colonial Pathologies

    American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines

    by Warwick Anderson ...
    Colonial Pathologies is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while exerting control over and “civilizing” a population of seven million people spread out over seven thousand ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Short History of South-East Asia

    by Peter Church ...
    Explore the fascinating history of south-east AsiaA Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area, this interesting text paints a remarkable overview of the characters and events that have shaped this part of the world. Founded upon a deeply ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Traders of the Golden Triangle

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    Series series Cognoscenti Books
    During the latter half of the twentieth century the little-known and often lawless region where Laos, Burma, Thailand and China meet has become known and widely romanticised as ‘The Golden Triangle’. Originally a Western designation applied to the region because of its wealth in jade, silver, rubies, lumber, rare animal products and, above all, opium, the name has stuck and is today accepted both ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century

    by Ian Brown ...
    At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by the military who took power in 1962 but in this illuminating book, Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos Vol.2

    (of 2)

    by Henri Mouhot ...
    Series series Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos Series
    Example in this ebookAs will be seen, this work is compiled from the private letters of M. Mouhot to his family and friends, and from his journal. I had also the benefit of the paper destined by my brother for the Archæological Society of London, on the interesting ruins of Ongcor. Among the documents which, thanks to the active kindness of Sir R. Schomburgh, British Consul at Bangkok, of Dr. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Siege of the Spirits

    Community and Polity in Bangkok

    by Michael Herzfeld ...
    What happens when three hundred alleged squatters go head-to-head with an enormous city government looking to develop the place where they live? As anthropologist Michael Herzfeld shows in this book, the answer can be surprising. He tells the story of Pom Mahakan, a tiny enclave in the heart of old Bangkok whose residents have resisted authorities' demands to vacate their homes for a quarter of a ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus