South And Southeast Asia – alle Bücher, CDs und LPs, Seite 9

Harry Silman,
A Cool Head in Hell

Harry Silman joined the British army in 1939. As a medicalofficer under bombardment on the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940, he was one of the last soldiers to be shipped out during the mass retreat.When Japan …

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Clare Hammond
On the Shadow Tracks

In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other…

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Paul Lewis McBain
A Drunken Bee

Sunthorn Phu (1786-1855) is an unlikely figure through which to understand nineteenth-century Buddhism in Siam. Despite being described as a "drunken writer" by the court astrologer after his de…

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Chasing Traces

"In the connected highlands of southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos, recalling the past is a highly sensitive act. Among local societies, many may actively avoid recalling the past for fear of endanger…

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Provincialising Pluralism

**How have South Asian traditions responded to plurality and difference? The question lies at the centre of this collection, inviting us to challenge established conceptions of pluralism and understand So…

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Jason Brownlee
Force Without Authority

Force Without Authority explores why the United States' costliest military operations since Vietnam came up short and pushed Republican and Democratic leaders toward withdrawal and retrenchment. Covering …

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Taylor C Sherman
Nehru's India

An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in IndiaNehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing fro…

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Rebecca Fannin
Tech Titans of China: How China's Tech Sector Is Challenging the World by Innovating Faster, Working Harder & Going Global

Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China's grab for superpower status, and forward-looking insights into the next decade of China'…

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Insight Guides, Stuart Butler
Insight Guides Nepal: Travel Guide with eBook

This Nepal guidebook, perfect for travellers planning longer trips, is written by Insight Guides' destination experts. It blends detailed coverage of local history, culture and places to visit with the vi…

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Roger Casas,
Worldly Engagements

The Tai Lue of Sipsong Panna, located in China's southern Yunnan province, is the largest community of Theravada Buddhists in a country where the Mahayana tradition is dominant. In recent decades, and in …

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Ather Sultan, Atiyab Sultan
Endgame of Empire

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Remco Raben, Peter Romijn,
Tales of Violence

Although it has long been known that the Indonesian War of Independence was far more violent than generally assumed by the Dutch public, for a long time the tendency to downplay, ignore, or justify the sc…

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George Uhl
Sudden Death

Through the eyes of a Marine radioman, Sudden Death unveils the constant threat of death in Vietnam's unforgiving jungles.His call sign said it all: Sudden Death. It didn't take George Uhl long into his t…

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Republican Vietnam, 1963-1975

English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam, 1963--1975 boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and…

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Thant Myint-U
Peacemaker

Born in a remote town in Burma and a practicing Buddhist, U Thant was for a time, one of the most important men in the world. Respected and consulted by both superpowers, U Thant, as the world's preeminen…

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Nicholas Chan
The Politics of Counter-Terror

There is a fundamental paradox in counter-terrorism: while Muslim state elites insist that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, the way Muslim states deal with terrorism has everything to do with Islam…

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Humera Malik,
Farah's Nose

A heartwarming tale about a girl whose disdain for her strong nose turns to love and pride when she discovers the long line of South Asian immigrant women on whose shoulders she stands today.

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Ashish Koul
Reinventing Caste

This book reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society, was in fact a trans-religious phenomenon in colonial India, as it is today. Even in an Islamic religious milieu that was sup…

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Ashish Koul
Reinventing Caste

This book reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society, was in fact a trans-religious phenomenon in colonial India, as it is today. Even in an Islamic religious milieu that was sup…

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Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Finding Eden

The story of the expedition that launched the global rainforest movement.

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