An original study of the First World War's impact in Southeast Asia, extending our understanding of the conflict as a global phenomenon.

Although not a major player during the course of the First World War, Southeast Asia was in fact altered by the war in multiple and profound ways. Ranging acros

From December 1941, Japan, as part of its plan to build an East Asian empire and secure oil supplies essential for war in the Pacific, swiftly took control of S

Illustrates how the political and social fallout from the World War II is still alive and divisive in South and East Asia.

This history covers mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Volume I is from prehistory to c1500. Volume II discusses the area's interaction