Tells the story of Burma’s financial system - of its banks, moneylenders and ‘microfinanciers’ - from colonial times to the present day. This book argues that financial systems and institutions…

Since gaining its independence from British colonial rule in 1948, Burma’s history has been cursed. The military raped the resource-rich country for fifty years and drove its people to penury…

Through the voices of senior officials, teachers, soldiers, journalists, and artists, The Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1975, presents us with an interpretation of South Vietnam as a passionately imagined nation in…

To the Citizens of Chicago, Illinois, in the year 2016, your city witnessed 799 Homicides, 3,663 shot and wounded, 716 shot and killed, and 630 of those murdered no suspects…

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought…

English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of…