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  • Violence and Vengeance

    Religious Conflict and Its Aftermath in Eastern Indonesia

    Between 1999 and 2000, sectarian fighting fanned across the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. What began as local conflicts between migrants and indigenous people over administrative boundaries spiraled into a religious war pitting Muslims against Christians and continues to influence communal relationships more than a decade ... Leer más

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  • Shadow Commander

    The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn—Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero

    de Mike Guardia ...
    The true story of the US Army legend who organized "Blackburn's Headhunters" against Japan in WWII and went on to initiate Special Forces operations in Vietnam.The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942—illuminating the white flags of surrender against the dark sky. Outnumbered and outgunned, remnants of the American-Philippine army surrendered to the forces of the Rising Sun. Yet ... Leer más

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  • Last Stand at Khe Sanh

    The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam

    de Gregg Jones ...
    "Well-written and superbly researched. . . . Much of this engrossing book is devoted to individual Marines and their actions amid horrific combat." — The Dallas Morning NewsIn a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find themselves surrounded by twenty,zero enemy troops. Their only road to the coast was cut, and bad weather and enemy fire ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Elephant Complex

    Travels in Sri Lanka

    de John Gimlette ...
    No one sees the world quite like John Gimlette. As The New York Times once noted, “he writes with enormous wit, indignation, and a heightened sense of the absurd.” Writing for both the adventurer and the armchair traveler, he has an eye for unusually telling detail, a sense of wonder, and compelling curiosity for the inside story. This time, he travels to Sri Lanka, a country only now emerging ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Fire in the Lake

    The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

    A "compassionate and penetrating" landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War ( New York Times Book Review)."Fitzgerald's Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning study of the Vietnam War remains essential reading thirty years after its initial publication." — Library JournalThis magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • 22 Walks in Bangkok

    Exploring the City's Historic Back Lanes and Byways

    Take a series of unforgettable strolls down the back lanes of historic Bangkok!Bangkok, Thailand is one of the world's greatest cities and a leading tourist destination, visited by millions each year. But it can also be a bewildering place. First-time visitors, not knowing what to expect, encounter endless boulevards connected by a vast maze of tiny side streets. A stroll down any of these lanes ... Leer más

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  • Perfect Hostage

    A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience

    de Justin Wintle ...
    Burma is a country where, as one senior UN official puts it, “just to turn your head can mean imprisonment or death.”Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world’s foremost inspirational revolutionary leaders. Considered to be Burma’s best hope for freedom, she has waged a war of steadfast nonviolent opposition to the country’s vicious militant regime. Because of her resistance to the brutality of the ... Leer más

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  • Reformasi

    The Struggle for power in post-Soeharto Indonesia

    In July 1996, President Soeharto crossed a point of no return. Small but vocal student groups were staging daily demonstrations to demand 'reformasi' - Indonesia's byword for democratic reform. Disturbed by the unprecedented show of dissent, Soeharto cracked down. But by demonstrating that he would cling to power through force, the 74-year-old president dashed hopes for a peaceful democratic ... Leer más

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  • The History of Bhutan

    In 2008, Bhutan triumphantly took the stage as the world’s youngest democracy. But despite its growing prominence—and rising scholarly interest in the country—Bhutan remains one of the least studied, and least well-known places on the planet.Karma Phuntsho’s The History of Bhutan is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of Bhutan in English. Along with a detailed social and political ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Sins of the Press: The Untold Story of The Boston Globe's Reporting on Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church

    SINS OF THE PRESS blows the lid off the Boston Globe's 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting about sex abuse and the Catholic Church.While the Globe would want you believe that its paper's reporting was a carefully impartial chronicle of abuse and cover-ups by Church officials, this fast-paced, eye-opening, and meticulously researched book uncovers something entirely different.Using actual images ... Leer más

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  • Hard Interests, Soft Illusions

    Southeast Asia and American Power

    In Hard Interests, Soft Illusions, Natasha Hamilton-Hart explores the belief held by foreign policy elites in much of Southeast Asia—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam—that the United States is a relatively benign power. She argues that this belief is an important factor underpinning U.S. preeminence in the region, because beliefs inform specific foreign policy ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Magic and Masculinity

    Ritual Magic and Gender in the Early Modern Era

    In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority of male magicians acted from a position of control and command commensurate with their social position in a patriarchal society; other men, however, used the notion of magic to subvert gender ideals while ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD