Asian History

An account of Tibet and the Tibetan people that emphasises the political history of the 20th century. This book attempts to reach beyond the polemics by considering the various historical arguments, using archival material from several nations and drawing conclusions focused on available documents...

 During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the Near East underwent profound changes. Most obviously these were political: after six hundred years of pre-eminence the Ottoman Empire collapsed, to be replaced by several smaller states in South-East Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. That..

 During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the Near East underwent profound changes. Most obviously these were political: after six hundred years of pre-eminence the Ottoman Empire collapsed, to be replaced by several smaller states in South-East Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. That..

Based on four visits by the journalist author to China from 1971 to 1989. He details the horrors of the Japanese Army's seizure and capture of Nanjing in December 1937. The harrowing testimony of the Chinese victims and the Japanese perpetrators are juxtaposed with PR army announcements...

Based on four visits by the journalist author to China from 1971 to 1989. He details the horrors of the Japanese Army's seizure and capture of Nanjing in December 1937. The harrowing testimony of the Chinese victims and the Japanese perpetrators are juxtaposed with PR army announcements...

Primarily a political history, but also containing summaries of economic and social change in the region since World War I, this excellent survey of the Middle East also covers Turkey, Iran and Arabia...

This volume chronicles the facts concerning the relations between the Netherlands in Asia and Japan during the last two years before the outbreak of war in the Pacific and concentrates on political and economic affairs...

 This book puts the Non-Aligned Movement into its wider historical context and sheds light on the long-term connections and entanglements of the Afro-Asian world. This volume looks back to the ideological beginnings of the concept of peaceful coexistence at the time of the anticolonial movements, an..

Since this famous study first appeared in 1986 a wealth of new scholarship has been stimulated by the new material made available by the fall of the Soviet Union and the partial release of archives in China. To take account of these new perspectives xxx; which particularly affect the roles of the So..

Since this famous study first appeared in 1986 a wealth of new scholarship has been stimulated by the new material made available by the fall of the Soviet Union and the partial release of archives in China. To take account of these new perspectives xxx; which particularly affect the roles of the So..

The analyses and literary portraits in this text elucidate the existing realities of Japan's postwar history. They address, in chronological fashion, major social, environmental, and feminist issues and conflicts that have attended to Japan's postwar "economic miracle"...

Examines the effects of the socio-economic post-war transformation on Taiwan's political system, environment, religious structures, the relationships between the sexes and the different ethnic populations. A complex revisionist portrait of the country emerges...