Southeast Asia

Dutch sovereignty was transferred to the United States of Indonesia on November 2nd, 1949.

Revolutions and changes of dynasty seem to have happened with the regularity of clockwork on the island of Java. M.C. Ricklefs investigates.

Fighting broke out in the Philippines on the night of February 4th, 1899, after an American patrol shot a Filipino guerrilla.

Paul Doolan looks at the continuing controversy over Dutch 'police operations' post-1945 in Indonesia.

As Luang Prabang, Laos' former royal capital of South East Asia becomes the latest addition to UNESCO world heritage sites, Cherry Barnett explores its significance.

Peter Riddick looks at the way oral history can add another perspective to our understanding of situations and events.

The story of an almost unknown war and its international repercussions on the eve of Pearl Harbor.

Karl Hack on the links between dams and decolonisation and the ups and downs of Anglo-Malaysian relations.

Ben Shephard examines the comparisons between American Vietnam veterans and Soviets who served in Afghanistan

Melanie Billings-Yun investigates President Eisenhower's motives and methods in the spring of 1954, when French collapse in Indochina brought pressures for direct American intervention against Communism.