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Contested Territory Dien Bien Phu and the Making of Northwest Vietnam

Lentz Christian C.

ISBN: PB: 9780300233957, Yale University Press, June 2019
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

The definitive account of one of the most important battles of the twentieth century, and the Black River borderlands' transformation into Northwest Vietnam Historians regard the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 as the conflict that toppled the French...

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Europe

Politics of Empire at the Accession of George III The East India Company and the Crisis and Transformation of Britain's Imperial State

Vaughn James M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300208269, Yale University Press, April 2019
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

In this bold debut work, historian James M. Vaughn challenges the scholarly consensus that British India and the Second Empire were founded "in a fit of absence of mind". He instead argues that the origins of the Raj and the largest empire of the mod...

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Culture Studies

Asia

Ganges The Many Pasts of an Indian River

Sen Sudipta

ISBN: HB: 9780300119169, Yale University Press, February 2019
456 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 66 black&white illus.

Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India's most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to t...

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End of the Asian Century War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region

Auslin Michael R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300239980, ISBN: HB: 9780300212228, Yale University Press, October 2018
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 15 black&white illus.

An urgently needed "risk map" of the many dangers that could derail Asia's growth and stability Since Marco Polo, the West has waited for the "Asian Century". Today, the world believes that Century has arrived. Yet from China's slumping economy to wa...

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Asia

Terracotta Army Legacy of the First Emperor of China

Jian Li, Sung Hou-Mei, Weixing Zhang, Neer William

ISBN: HB: 9780300230567, Yale University Press, February 2018
120 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 137 colour illus.

First discovered by a farmer in 1974, the burial site of China's first emperor, Ying Zheng, has yielded thousands of life-size terracotta figures and artifacts, and continues to be excavated today. This fascinating publication features more than 130...

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America

Cold War Monks Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia

Ford Eugene

ISBN: HB: 9780300218565, Yale University Press, February 2018
392 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.

How did the U.S. government make use of a "Buddhist policy" in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that the state should not meddle with religion? To answer this question, Eugene Ford delved deep into an unprecedented ra...

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Political Science

Hell No The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

Hayden Tom

ISBN: HB: 9780300218671, Yale University Press, May 2017
168 pp., 21x14 cm

Why those who protested the Vietnam War must be honored, remembered, and appreciated. "Hell no" was the battle cry of the largest peace movement in American history – the effort to end the Vietnam War, which included thousands of veterans. The movem...

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Asia

Blood, Dreams and Gold The Changing Face of Burma

Cockett Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780300225976, ISBN: HB: 9780300204513, Yale University Press, March 2017
296 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

Burma is one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia and was once one of its richest. Under successive military regimes, however, the country eventually ended up as one of the poorest countries in Asia, a byword for repression and ethnic violence....

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Biography & Memoires

Asia

King Never Smiles A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej

Handley Paul M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300228304, Yale University Press, February 2017
520 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and at the time of his death, in October 2016, was the world's longest serving monarch. Now out in paperback with a new preface by...

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Ascending India and its State Capacity Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy

Ganguly Sumit, Thompson William R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300215922, Yale University Press, February 2017
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 30 black&white illus.

A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India's political and economic institutions India's ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in r...

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