Asian history

A detailed look at the British world of science fiction in the 1950s.

Follow the Silk Road-and color!

A memoir of the First World War from the rare perspective of an engineer.

Richard Laird's previously unpublished record of his wartime experience as a Japanese prisoner of war ranks among the most graphic of this shocking and deservedly popular genre.

A pictorial history of one of World War II's most bitterly fought campaigns.

An examination of the causes and the direct outcome of North Korea's seemingly unstoppable thrust down the Korean Peninsula in 1950.

In his first four volumes on the Korean War, the author traces the war's progress from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the desperate American defense of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur's daring and highly successful amphibious offensive at Inch'on, and his subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border Communist Chinese forces, that have been secretly infiltrating North Korean territory by slipping across the Yalu from mid-October 1950, ambush a South Korean regiment in the mountains of central North Korea.

The author of The First World War in the Air details the gripping 1905 naval battle during the Russo-Japanese War.

A historian seeks to answer "e;What created Hitler's Germany?

The story of one British mother's desperate search for her son's remains after he was killed in action during World War I.

The story of one British mother's desperate search for her son's remains after he was killed in action during World War I.

An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris.

This "e;extensively researched and well-illustrated"e; history recounts the bloody fight to liberate Manila from occupation during WWII (WWII History Magazine).

A history of the military campaign that set the stage for the end of the Vietnam War.

A history of the military campaign that set the stage for the end of the Vietnam War.

This WWII history presents an in-depth study of the Battle of Greece and a provocative new analysis of Nazi military tactics.

Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments.

A complete guide to the WWI uniforms and equipment of RFC pilots and airmen-fully illustrated with color photos.

A pictorial history of US assaults on these Japanese-occupied islands during World War II.

A detailed look at the British world of science fiction in the 1950s.

"e;The author delivers in fine detail, supported by excellent appendices and notes, the role of officers and men in the defense of the Dardanelles.

A journalist and military historian's in-depth look at the reclusive rogue nation, its ruling dynasty, and the ongoing threat it presents.

A historian seeks to answer "e;What created Hitler's Germany?

An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris.

The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence.

This "e;extensively researched and well-illustrated"e; history recounts the bloody fight to liberate Manila from occupation during WWII (WWII History Magazine).

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types.

Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning NEW YORK TIMES Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia.

Laura Kasinof studied Arabic in college and moved to Yemen a few years laterafter a friend at a late-night party in Washington, DC, recommended the country as a good place to work as a freelance journalist.

A military history analyzing the evolution of sniper warfare during WWI by the firearms expert and author of Eastern Front Sniper.

This WWI military history presents a detailed account of the third Battle of Ypres, in the Belgian village of Passchendaele, from the German perspective.

An exploration of German World War II small-scale military strategy, edited by the former chief historian of the U.

From the time of the "e;Chaos of the Eight Princes"e; (291 IV.

Covid-19 has given renewed, urgent attention to the pandemic as a devastating, recurrent global phenomenon.

Between South and Central Asia, in the high mountains and cold deserts, India, Pakistan and China have fought brutal wars over barren, uninhabited territory in a bid for control over their national peripheries, including Xinjiang and Tibet in China, and Jammu and Kashmir on the Indian subcontinent.

If not for the famous Indian mutiny-rebellion of 1857, the Santal Hul (rebellion) of 1855 would today be remembered as the most serious uprising that the East India Company ever faced.

For young Englishwomen stepping off the steamer, the sights and sounds of humid colonial India were like nothing theyd ever experienced.

Indias caravan trade with central Asia was at the heart of the complex web of routes making up the Silk Roads.

Xinjiang, the vast northwestern region comprising one sixth of the PRC today, borders on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, Russia and Mongolia.

How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the cliches of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations?

South Korea has a remarkable history.

A number of studies of colonial Lahore in recent years have explored such themes as the citys modernity, its cosmopolitanism and the rise of communalism which culminated in the bloodletting of 1947.

Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making, and this book provides the backstory.

If Pakistan is to preserve all that is good about its country the generosity and hospitality of its people, the dynamism of its youth it must face the deterioration of its social and political institutions.

The Living Art of Chi Kung is an accessible manual, taking the reader through how, what and why to practise Chi Kung.

Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe.

The development and role of the Indian Civil Service was one of the dominant features of the period of the East India Company, and later, British rule in India.

The ships of the English East India Company first docked at India's shores in Surat in the early 17th century.

A comprehensive history of the Lahore Durbar, the glorious reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his exemplary organizational skills that led to forming of the formidable Sikh army and the fiercely fought Anglo Sikh wars.