By critically scrutinizing and analysing British imperial designs on the region, Tarling has contributed significantly to the historiography of Southeast Asia as Great Britain was a major player, if not…

A sequel to Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War and Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War, this book discusses Britain’s policy towards…

In Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor, historian Nicholas Tarling offers short essays on over 28 works, from major masterpieces such as Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion to off-the-beaten…

Southeast Asia has, on the basis of the nation state, secured both a large measure of interstate peace and cooperation and a degree of autonomy from great powers outside the…

Volume 2 discusses Southeast Asia’s interaction with foreign countries during the period c. 1500 to c. 1800.

This book describes British wartime policy in Southeast Asia. Unable to maintain dominance while at war with Germany, Britain, helped by America, tried to establish diplomatic dominance in opposition to…

These studies map the differing understandings of danger in this region and explore how contending narratives of threats and security affect the national maritime security policy deliberations within the countries…

What can you remember of your childhood? Contributors to this book, who come from a number of different countries, go back as far as memory will take them.