The Xenophile Historian

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Contents

(and malcontents)

	Chapter 1: God-Kings of the Far East (Before 1500)
	Chapter 2: The First Centuries of European Penetration (1500 to 1800)
	Chapter 3: The West Takes Over (1800 to 1941)
	Chapter 4: Nationalism Triumphant (1941 to 1957)
	Chapter 5: The Second Indochina War (1954 to 1975)
	Chapter 6: Southeast Asia Since 1975

Chapter 1: God-Kings of the Far East

Before 1500 A.D.

	A Geographical Introduction
	An Amazing Beginning
	The Arrival of the Malays
	Indianization
	Funan
	Other Mon and Malay States
	Burma: Pyu, Pegu and Arakan
	Early Vietnam
	Nan Zhao
	Pre-Moslem Indonesia
	The Khmers
	Pagan
	Dai Viet vs. Champa
	The Birth of Siam
	Ava and Ayutthaya
	Lan Xang
	The Long Road from Mecca to Manila
	Malacca

Chapter 2: The First Centuries of European Penetration

1500 to 1800

	The Portuguese Quest for Spices and Souls
	Magellan's Expedition
	The Spanish Philippines
	The Second Burmese Empire
	Cambodian Escapade
	The Dutch East India Company
	Arakan: The Mrohaung Era
	The Phaulkon Affair
	The Fall of Lan Xang
	The End of Champa
	Two Divisions of Vietnam
	Eighteenth Century Burma & Siam

Chapter 3: The West Takes Over

1800 to 1941

	The Dutch East Indies
	British Malaya, Singapore, and Borneo
	French Indochina
	Britain Annexes Burma
	Philippine Nationalism
	America Comes to the Philippines
	A New Siam
	Nationalism in Burma
	Nationalism in the Dutch East Indies
	Nationalism in French Indochina

Chapter 4: Nationalism Triumphant

1941 to 1957

	Japan Strikes
	Malaya and Singapore
	The Philippines, Act 1
	Java
	The Retreat Through Burma
	The Philippines, Act 2
	Life Under the Japanese
	The Forgotten War in Burma
	The Liberation of the Philippines
	The Last Acts of World War II
	Nationalism Unleashed
	The Indonesian War of Independence
	The Karen Revolt and Other Burmese Problems
	The Hukbalahap Rebellion
	Thailand: Between Hot and Cold Wars
	The First Indochina War
	The Malayan Emergency

Chapter 5: The Second Indochina War

1954 to 1975

	America's Mandarin
	The Three-Sided War in Laos
	Escalation
	Vietnamization and the Cambodian Diversion
	The Phony Peace
	Malaysia and Singapore Get Organized
	Burma: A Ne Win Situation
	Indonesia Under Sukarno
	The Philippines: A Dictatorship Made For Two
	Thailand Experiments With Revolution

Chapter 6: Southeast Asia Since 1975

	Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore: Success Despite the Odds
	Burma/Myanmar Rejoins the Community of Nations
	Cambodia: The Killing Fields
	Indonesia: The Suharto Era, And A New Beginning
	East Timor Since 1999: The New Kid On The Block
	Laos: Feeling Good--And That's All
	The Philippines: A Dictatorship Made for Two
	The Philippines: People Power
	Thailand: The Unconquered Kingdom
	Vietnam: The Phoenix of Asia

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