Return of the Marcos
A history of the Philippines’ 7,000 islands from the pre-colonial era to the present day.
Southeast Asia
All Too Graphic
Leaked photographs of colonial atrocities during the Malayan ‘Emergency’ shocked postwar Britain.
Between China and a Hard Place
Mao Zedong once said that Taiwan should be independent, but the Chinese Communist Party has since changed its mind. How Chinese is Taiwan?
Asia’s Great Survivors
Thailand’s monarchy is today one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful, but it has faced a constant struggle for survival.
Geopolitical Realities
The depth of China’s influence over South-East Asia.
The Free Frenchman
A proud, pious aristocrat, loyal to General de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc found a kindred soul among Britain’s wartime elite.
Railway To Hell
The Thai-Burma railway was built by prisoners of war in appalling conditions. The dead were treated with a dignity denied the living.
Indonesia’s Killing Fields
The story of Indonesia’s anti-Communist coup, the rise to power of a pro-western regime and its murderous aftermath.
Indonesia: A Nation’s Silent Slaughter
The Indonesian genocide of 1965 has been smothered in silence for half a century.
Vietnam Before The War
Vietnamese national identity has been forged in opposition to foreign invaders. But while a united Vietnam is a recent development, the country has long been coloniser as well as colonised.