History, Asia, Southeast Asia
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Shadows in the Burmese Jungle
The Story of Red Maddox Behind Enemy Lines 1941 - 1945
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Often referred to as the Forgotten War, the Battle for Burma was fought in a geographically challenging and isolated region far from the major population centers of the time. But for the people who took part in it, the battle was a personal...
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Voices from Viet Nam
Local Histories on the Road to Peace
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Based on interviews with survivors of “the American War,” Voices from Việt Nam delivers a moving portrait of a people who have succeeded, against great odds, in overcoming the horrors of war and occupation without bitterness—but also without...
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In the Bowels of Bureaucracy
Thirty Years in the Developing World's Bureaucratic Machinery
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An outsider’s romp through our developing world – countries in transition from planned to market economies, failed states, post-conflict states and the bureaucrats caught in the middle of stagnation, rapid change and chaos. The book is a memoir...
