A Short History Of Laos

Author : Grant Evans
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9781864489972
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Laos written by Grant Evans and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of Laos, discussing such topics as its early kingdoms, French rule, the Royal Lao Government, and the impact of the Vietnam War.

Author : Grant Evans
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741150531
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Laos written by Grant Evans and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of Laos, discussing such topics as its early kingdoms, French rule, the Royal Lao Government, and the impact of the Vietnam War.

Author : Grant Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786162150487
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Laos written by Grant Evans and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... Evans brings Lao history vividly into focus, from ancient times through to the twenty-first century. He recounts the turmoil of independence from France and the war with Vietnam and its aftermath, up to present-day Laos and the country's hopes for its future. Evans traces the compelling story of the emergence of Laos as a modern nation."--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Martin Stuart-Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521597463
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Laos written by Martin Stuart-Fox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-09-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and wide-ranging 1997 history traces events in this little-known country from ancient monarchy, through its establishment as a French colony, to independence in 1953, the People's Democratic Republic, and the present one-party authoritarianism. The book highlights Laos' complex and shifting political alliances. The struggle for independence from France was followed by a struggle for unity and neutrality in the face of persistent foreign intervention, as the country was drawn into the war in Vietnam. Only with the end of the Cold War and the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops has Laos been able to reassert its neutral foreign policy and develop a market economy. This book is an impressive political, social, cultural and economic history. It will be essential for anyone wanting to understand Laos as it joins ASEAN, faces great economic challenges and struggles to maintain its cultural identity.

Author : Peter Church
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119062489
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of South-East Asia written by Peter Church and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area, this interesting text paints a remarkable overview of the characters and events that have shaped this part of the world. Founded upon a deeply perceptive observation of the late founding Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, this book brings shape to the idea that 'to understand the present and to anticipate the future, one must know enough of the past, enough to have a sense of the history of a people.' With an approachable writing style and comprehensive content, this unique text was written for business readers interested in improving their understanding of this important region. With globalization continuing to gain momentum, south-east Asia is emerging as an important business sector for many industries. Not only does this open up professional opportunities, it exposes individuals in other parts of the world to the unique histories and cultures of the area. If you are interested in learning more about the region, this abbreviated text is a wonderful resource. Explore historic and political developments that have taken place throughout south-east Asia Quickly navigate text organized by country, allowing you to dive into the events that have shaped Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam Gain an important global perspective, which can prove valuable on personal and professional levels Leverage your new understanding of the region's past to better understand its present and anticipate its future A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is an abbreviated history of south-east Asia written with business readers in mind.

Author : Martin Stuart-Fox
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9781864489545
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of China and Southeast Asia written by Martin Stuart-Fox and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in the Short History of Asia series, edited by Milton Osborne, this is a readable, well-informed and comprehensive short history of China's relationships with its Southeast Asian neighbours from ancient times to the present day.

Author : Joshua Kurlantzick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451667892
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Great Place to Have a War written by Joshua Kurlantzick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of how America’s secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy. January, 1961: Laos, a tiny nation few Americans have heard of, is at risk of falling to communism and triggering a domino effect throughout Southeast Asia. This is what President Eisenhower believed when he approved the CIA’s Operation Momentum, creating an army of ethnic Hmong to fight communist forces there. Largely hidden from the American public—and most of Congress—Momentum became the largest CIA paramilitary operation in the history of the United States. The brutal war lasted more than a decade, left the ground littered with thousands of unexploded bombs, and changed the nature of the CIA forever. With “revelatory reporting” and “lucid prose” (The Economist), Kurlantzick provides the definitive account of the Laos war, focusing on the four key people who led the operation: the CIA operative whose idea it was, the Hmong general who led the proxy army in the field, the paramilitary specialist who trained the Hmong forces, and the State Department careerist who took control over the war as it grew. Using recently declassified records and extensive interviews, Kurlantzick shows for the first time how the CIA’s clandestine adventures in one small, Southeast Asian country became the template for how the United States has conducted war ever since—all the way to today’s war on terrorism.

Author : Stephen Mansfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lao Hill Tribes written by Stephen Mansfield and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their highly distinctive cultures and ethnic diversity, very little is known about Laos's hill tribes. In this book, Stephen Mansfield offers an in-depth examination of these little-studied tribes and their fragile micro-cultures.

Author : Penelope Khounta
Publisher : Pbk Press
ISBN 13 : 9780692927298
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Began in Laos written by Penelope Khounta and published by Pbk Press. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has a story to tell. This is mine. I went from a sheltered childhood, growing up in 1940s/1950s middle-class America, to traveling to Thailand & Laos, falling in love with Laos & marrying a Lao man. With no one to answer my questions, I jumped in. I lived in a jungle of ignorance, misunderstanding, & confusion. I am surprised I survived.

Author : Robert Harvey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466888075
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Communism written by Robert Harvey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today global communism seems just a terrible memory, an expressionist nightmare as horrific as Nazism and the Holocaust, or the slaughter in the First World War. Was it only just over a decade ago that stone-faced old men were still presiding over "workers" paradises in the name of "the people" while hundreds of millions endured grinding poverty under a system of mind-controlling servitude which did not hesitate to murder and imprison whole populations in the cause of "progress"? Or that the world seemed under threat from revolutionary hordes engulfing one country after another, backed by a vast military machine and the threat of nuclear annihilation? In the 1970s, with the fall of South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, the march of Marxism-Leninism across the world seemed irresistible. Less than two decades later the experiment had collapsed, leaving perhaps 100 million dead, as well as economic devastation spanning continents. Even China now increasingly embraces free market economics. Only in a few backwaters does communism endure, as obsolete as rust-belt industry. This book is the first global narrative history of that defining human experience. It weighs up the balance sheet: why did communism occur largely in countries wrenched from feudalism or colonialism to twentieth-century modernism, rather than--as Marx had predicted--in developed countries groaning under the weight of a parasitic middle class? Were coercion and state planning in fact the only way forward for backward countries? What was the explanation for its appeal -- not least among many highly intelligent observers in the West? Why did it grow so fast, and collapse with such startling suddenness? A Short History of Communism sets out the whole epic story for the first time, a panorama of human idealism, cruelty, suffering and courage, and provides an intriguing new analysis.