🌏 Southeast Asia

Novels and narratives set across the rich, varied landscapes of Southeast Asia, from humid jungles to teeming cities, exploring cultures shaped by resilience and complexity.

A Brief History of Indonesia

by Tim Hannigan • 2015

An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.

4.02

1k+

🏯 Southeast Asian History 🍂 Spice Trade ⛓️ Colonial Extraction

A Brief History of Indonesia 90%

An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.

by Tim Hannigan 2015

4.02

1k+ ratings

🏯 Southeast Asian History 🍂 Spice Trade ⛓️ Colonial Extraction

Thailand - Culture Smart!

by Roger Jones • 2003

Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.

3.91

287

🏯 Thai Culture 📚 Cultural Guidebooks 🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication

Thailand - Culture Smart! 90%

Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.

by Roger Jones 2003

3.91

287 ratings

🏯 Thai Culture 📚 Cultural Guidebooks 🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication

A History of the Philippines

by Luis H. Francia • 2010

How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.

3.93

591

📜 Philippine History 🌏 Southeast Asian History 🏴 Imperialism

A History of the Philippines 90%

How Spanish friars, American teachers, and Japanese occupiers accidentally created a nation.

by Luis H. Francia 2010

3.93

591 ratings

📜 Philippine History 🌏 Southeast Asian History 🏴 Imperialism

The Singapore Story

by Lee Kuan Yew • 1998

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

4.29

3k+

📜 Decolonization 🏗️ Nation Building 📖 Political Memoir

The Singapore Story 89%

To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.

by Lee Kuan Yew 1998

4.29

3k+ ratings

📜 Decolonization 🏗️ Nation Building 📖 Political Memoir

Majapahit

by Herald van der Linde • 2024

Defying Kublai Khan and uniting a thousand islands: the Javanese empire the world forgot.

4.40

383

🌏 Southeast Asian History 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🗡️ Dynastic Intrigue

Majapahit 89%

Defying Kublai Khan and uniting a thousand islands: the Javanese empire the world forgot.

by Herald van der Linde 2024

4.40

383 ratings

🌏 Southeast Asian History 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🗡️ Dynastic Intrigue

Bangkok Days

by Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1k+

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Bangkok Days 89%

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

by Lawrence Osborne 2009

3.41

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

A Brief History Of Bali

by Willard A. Hanna • 1976

How Bali survived piracy, slavery, and colonialism to become the paradise tourists see today.

3.45

128

🏝️ Island History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 💪 Cultural Resilience

A Brief History Of Bali 89%

How Bali survived piracy, slavery, and colonialism to become the paradise tourists see today.

by Willard A. Hanna 1976

3.45

128 ratings

🏝️ Island History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism 💪 Cultural Resilience

A Doctor in the House

by Mahathir Mohamad • 2011

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

4.27

1k+

🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs

A Doctor in the House 89%

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

by Mahathir Mohamad 2011

4.27

1k+ ratings

🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs

The Hidden History of Burma

by Thant Myint-U • 2019

Colonial racial order, heroin capital, Facebook hate: the real story of Burma's collapse.

4.13

2k+

🇲🇲 Myanmar 🗳️ Burmese Politics 🌏 Southeast Asian History

The Hidden History of Burma 89%

Colonial racial order, heroin capital, Facebook hate: the real story of Burma's collapse.

by Thant Myint-U 2019

4.13

2k+ ratings

🇲🇲 Myanmar 🗳️ Burmese Politics 🌏 Southeast Asian History

Little Angels

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

3.94

135

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life

Little Angels 88%

Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.

by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005

3.94

135 ratings

🧘 Thai Buddhism 🏯 Buddhist Monasticism 📿 Monastic Life

First They Killed My Father

by Loung Ung • 2000

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

4.36

55k+

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor

First They Killed My Father 88%

Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.

by Loung Ung 2000

4.36

55k+ ratings

💀 Cambodian Genocide 🪖 War Memoir 👧 Child Survivor

When Broken Glass Floats

by Chanrithy Him • 2000

Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.

4.18

5k+

🏴 Khmer Rouge 👧 Child Survivor 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

When Broken Glass Floats 88%

Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.

by Chanrithy Him 2000

4.18

5k+ ratings

🏴 Khmer Rouge 👧 Child Survivor 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Fire in the Lake

by Frances FitzGerald • 1972

The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.

4.10

3k+

🪖 Vietnam War 🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy 🇻🇳 Vietnamese History

Fire in the Lake 88%

The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.

by Frances FitzGerald 1972

4.10

3k+ ratings

🪖 Vietnam War 🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy 🇻🇳 Vietnamese History

Letters from Burma

by Aung San Suu Kyi • 1995

Compassion beats brutality in politics: a Nobel laureate's letters from house arrest in Burma.

3.90

2k+

🇲🇲 Burmese Politics ☸️ Engaged Buddhism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Letters from Burma 88%

Compassion beats brutality in politics: a Nobel laureate's letters from house arrest in Burma.

by Aung San Suu Kyi 1995

3.90

2k+ ratings

🇲🇲 Burmese Politics ☸️ Engaged Buddhism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Pok Pok

by Andy Ricker • 2013

A chef spent years copying Thai street vendors. His manual: mortar, wok, pantry, and real flavor.

4.21

1k+

🌶️ Thai Cuisine 🍜 Street Food 🗺️ Regional Cooking

Pok Pok 88%

A chef spent years copying Thai street vendors. His manual: mortar, wok, pantry, and real flavor.

by Andy Ricker 2013

4.21

1k+ ratings

🌶️ Thai Cuisine 🍜 Street Food 🗺️ Regional Cooking

Revolusi

by David Van Reybrouck • 2020

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

4.53

5k+

🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism

Revolusi 88%

One in 27 humans lives there, yet its revolution launched the Third World.

by David Van Reybrouck 2020

4.53

5k+ ratings

🗺️ Decolonization 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🇳🇱 Dutch Colonialism

The Ends of the Earth

by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

4.11

2k+

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

The Ends of the Earth 88%

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

by Robert D. Kaplan 1996

4.11

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism

The Tunnels of Cu Chi

by Tom Mangold • 1985

A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.

4.07

3k+

🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🕳️ Tunnel Warfare 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

The Tunnels of Cu Chi 88%

A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.

by Tom Mangold 1985

4.07

3k+ ratings

🇻🇳 Vietnam War 🕳️ Tunnel Warfare 🌿 Guerrilla Warfare

The Golden Road

by William Dalrymple • 2024

Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.

4.12

4k+

📚 South Asian History 🌊 Maritime History ☸️ Spread Of Buddhism

The Golden Road 87%

Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.

by William Dalrymple 2024

4.12

4k+ ratings

📚 South Asian History 🌊 Maritime History ☸️ Spread Of Buddhism

Sovietistan

by Erika Fatland • 2014

Why a country made gas and electricity free, and what happened when it all ran out.

4.27

9k+

🗺️ Post-Soviet States 🏛️ Central Asian History 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes

Sovietistan 87%

Why a country made gas and electricity free, and what happened when it all ran out.

by Erika Fatland 2014

4.27

9k+ ratings

🗺️ Post-Soviet States 🏛️ Central Asian History 🚫 Authoritarian Regimes

Some People Need Killing

by Patricia Evangelista • 2023

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

4.20

10k+

🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings

Some People Need Killing 87%

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

by Patricia Evangelista 2023

4.20

10k+ ratings

🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings

From Third World to First

by Lee Kuan Yew • 2000

No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.

4.46

5k+

🇧🇧 Nation-Building 🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism 🇵🇸 Postcolonial States

From Third World to First 87%

No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.

by Lee Kuan Yew 2000

4.46

5k+ ratings

🇧🇧 Nation-Building 🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism 🇵🇸 Postcolonial States

Tall Order

by Shing Huei Peh • 2018

He replaced a legend, then did the unthinkable: stayed himself. A prime minister's rise.

4.22

664

🇸🇬 Singaporean Politics 📖 Political Biography 🌱 Humble Beginnings

Tall Order 87%

He replaced a legend, then did the unthinkable: stayed himself. A prime minister's rise.

by Shing Huei Peh 2018

4.22

664 ratings

🇸🇬 Singaporean Politics 📖 Political Biography 🌱 Humble Beginnings

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper

by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez • 2021

MacArthur's Filipina mistress was no victim. She used performance and his letters to survive.

4.14

🇵🇭 Philippine History 🌎 American Imperialism 🧬 Mixed-Race Identity

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper Summary

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper 87%

MacArthur's Filipina mistress was no victim. She used performance and his letters to survive.

by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez 2021

4.14

44 ratings

🇵🇭 Philippine History 🌎 American Imperialism 🧬 Mixed-Race Identity

Pakistan

by Anatol Lieven • 2011

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

4.12

2k+

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Pakistan 87%

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

by Anatol Lieven 2011

4.12

2k+ ratings

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Beyond the Sky and the Earth

by Jamie Zeppa • 1999

Teaching in a Himalayan village, she learns Buddhism, political danger, and the slow art of arrival.

4.16

4k+

🏔️ Bhutan 😵‍💫 Culture Shock 🧑‍🏫 Teaching Abroad

Beyond the Sky and the Earth 87%

Teaching in a Himalayan village, she learns Buddhism, political danger, and the slow art of arrival.

by Jamie Zeppa 1999

4.16

4k+ ratings

🏔️ Bhutan 😵‍💫 Culture Shock 🧑‍🏫 Teaching Abroad

Catfish and Mandala

by Andrew X. Pham • 1999

After his sister's suicide, a Vietnamese American cycles home to Vietnam, searching for belonging.

3.99

7k+

🧳 Refugee Memoir 🚲 Bicycle Journey 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora

Catfish and Mandala 87%

After his sister's suicide, a Vietnamese American cycles home to Vietnam, searching for belonging.

by Andrew X. Pham 1999

3.99

7k+ ratings

🧳 Refugee Memoir 🚲 Bicycle Journey 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora

River Town

by Peter Hessler • 2001

Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.

4.28

14k+

🌾 Rural China 📍 Memoir Of Place 🗣️ Language Immersion

River Town 87%

Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.

by Peter Hessler 2001

4.28

14k+ ratings

🌾 Rural China 📍 Memoir Of Place 🗣️ Language Immersion

Witness to Surrender

by Siddique Salik • 1977

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

3.86

246

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War

Witness to Surrender 87%

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

by Siddique Salik 1977

3.86

246 ratings

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War

Monsoon

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2010

Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.

3.96

3k+

🌍 Geopolitics 🚢 Maritime Strategy ⛽ Energy Geopolitics

Monsoon 87%

Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2010

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics 🚢 Maritime Strategy ⛽ Energy Geopolitics

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 87%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Future Is Asian

by Parag Khanna • 2019

The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.

3.70

1k+

🗺️ Asian Geopolitics 🏛️ Technocratic Governance 🌐 Multipolar World Order

The Future Is Asian 87%

The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.

by Parag Khanna 2019

3.70

1k+ ratings

🗺️ Asian Geopolitics 🏛️ Technocratic Governance 🌐 Multipolar World Order

American Shaolin

by Matthew Polly • 2007

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

4.02

3k+

🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion

American Shaolin 87%

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

by Matthew Polly 2007

4.02

3k+ ratings

🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion

Abroad in Japan

by Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

23k+

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

Abroad in Japan 87%

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

by Chris Broad 2023

4.11

23k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

by Tim Cope • 2013

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

4.15

2k+

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel

On the Trail of Genghis Khan 87%

6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.

by Tim Cope 2013

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Central Asian Travel 🏕️ Nomadic Cultures 🐴 Horse Travel

The Glass Palace

by Amitav Ghosh • 2000

At Mandalay's fall, an orphan glimpses a palace maid and pursues her across shattered empires.

4.00

28k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🛕 Colonial Burma 🧳 Exile And Displacement

The Glass Palace 87%

At Mandalay's fall, an orphan glimpses a palace maid and pursues her across shattered empires.

by Amitav Ghosh 2000

4.00

28k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🛕 Colonial Burma 🧳 Exile And Displacement

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

24k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad

Little Princes 87%

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

by Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

4.15

3k+

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

The Finest Hotel in Kabul 87%

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

by Lyse Doucet 2025

4.15

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory

Krakatoa

by Simon Winchester • 2003

The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.

3.88

22k+

🌋 Volcanic Eruptions 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🏛️ Colonialism

Krakatoa 87%

The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.

by Simon Winchester 2003

3.88

22k+ ratings

🌋 Volcanic Eruptions 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🏛️ Colonialism

Bangladesh

by Anthony Mascarenhas • 1986

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

4.12

945

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States

Bangladesh 87%

Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.

by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986

4.12

945 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🪖 Military Coups 🏛️ Postcolonial States

Adventure Capitalist

by Jim Rogers • 2003

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

4.01

2k+

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel

Adventure Capitalist 87%

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

by Jim Rogers 2003

4.01

2k+ ratings

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel

The Jakarta Method

by Vincent Bevins • 2020

Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.

4.61

18k+

📚 Cold War History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🔴 Anticommunism

The Jakarta Method 87%

Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.

by Vincent Bevins 2020

4.61

18k+ ratings

📚 Cold War History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🔴 Anticommunism

Without You, There Is No Us

by Suki Kim • 2014

Her Pyongyang classroom held regime sons, constant surveillance, and a secret: she was a journalist.

3.93

22k+

🗾 North Korea 🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes 🕵️ Undercover Journalism

Without You, There Is No Us 87%

Her Pyongyang classroom held regime sons, constant surveillance, and a secret: she was a journalist.

by Suki Kim 2014

3.93

22k+ ratings

🗾 North Korea 🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes 🕵️ Undercover Journalism

Over the Edge

by Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

3.78

643

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

Over the Edge 87%

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

by Greg Child 2002

3.78

643 ratings

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

Satori

by Don Winslow • 2011

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

3.95

6k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin

Satori 86%

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

by Don Winslow 2011

3.95

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin

The Rent Collector

by Camron Wright • 2012

To heal her son, a Cambodian scavenger begs the dump's cruel rent collector for reading lessons.

4.27

60k+

📚 Books About Books 📖 Learning To Read 👩‍🏫 Unlikely Teacher

The Rent Collector 86%

To heal her son, a Cambodian scavenger begs the dump's cruel rent collector for reading lessons.

by Camron Wright 2012

4.27

60k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 📖 Learning To Read 👩‍🏫 Unlikely Teacher

A Beginner's Guide to Japan

by Pico Iyer • 2019

Why 32 years in Japan taught Pico Iyer less than his first week.

3.81

2k+

🗾 Travel Essays 🎭 Japanese Culture 🔬 Cultural Anthropology

A Beginner's Guide to Japan 86%

Why 32 years in Japan taught Pico Iyer less than his first week.

by Pico Iyer 2019

3.81

2k+ ratings

🗾 Travel Essays 🎭 Japanese Culture 🔬 Cultural Anthropology

The Killing Zone

by Frederick Downs Jr. • 1978

A 23-year-old lieutenant lands in Vietnam. A mine takes his arm. The months between.

4.08

2k+

🪖 Vietnam War 📖 War Memoirs 🫡 Platoon Leadership

The Killing Zone 86%

A 23-year-old lieutenant lands in Vietnam. A mine takes his arm. The months between.

by Frederick Downs Jr. 1978

4.08

2k+ ratings

🪖 Vietnam War 📖 War Memoirs 🫡 Platoon Leadership

1971

by Anam Zakaria • 2019

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

4.13

215

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory

1971 86%

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

by Anam Zakaria 2019

4.13

215 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory

A Great Place To Have A War

by Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

3.90

788

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History

A Great Place To Have A War 86%

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017

3.90

788 ratings

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History

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