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  • Efficient Petrochemical Processes

    Technology, Design and Operation

    by Frank (Xin X.) Zhu, James A. Johnson, David W. Ablin, Gregory A. Ernst ...
    A GUIDE TO THE DESIGN, OPERATION, CONTROL, TROUBLESHOOTING, OPTIMIZATION AS WELL AS THE RECENT ADVANCES IN THE FIELD OF PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSESEfficient Petrochemical Processes: Technology, Design and Operation is a guide to the tools and methods for energy optimization and process design. Written by a panel of experts on the topic, the book highlights the application of these methods on ... Read more

    $143.00 USD

  • Revival: The Cambodian Agony (1990)

    by David A. Ablin, M. Hood ...
    This title was first published in 1990: Cambodia, it has been said, has gone through the most radical social upheaval and transformation of any country in recorded history. From the overthrow of Prince Sihanouk, who ruled for 29 year, in 1970 to the victory of the Cambodian Communist Party in 1975, Cambodia suffered massive saturation bombing and an unusually violent civil war. It is estimated ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • When the War Was Over

    Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution, Revised Edition

    by Elizabeth Becker ...
    The "definitive" (Los Angeles Times), award-winning history of Cambodia and Pol Pot's rise to power, tracing the country's modern origins to the human rights abuses that reshaped it foreverAward-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the rise of the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Cambodia's Curse

    The Modern History of a Troubled Land

    by Joel Brinkley ...
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge.A generation after genocide, Cambodia seemed on the surface to have overcome its history -- the streets of Phnom Penh were paved; skyscrapers dotted the skyline. But under this façe lies a country still haunted by its years of terror.Although ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Short History of South-East Asia

    Edited by Peter Church ...
    The success of the first four editions shows that this book fills a vacuum for readers who wish to learn about the countries of South-East Asia. Recent years have seen a number of important developments all of which are covered here. With the global climate becoming more uncertain and the threat of terrorism spilling over, this book will aid readers' knowledge of this region by addressing its ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

  • A Short History of Laos

    The land in between

    by Grant Evans ...
    Laos, perhaps the least known country in mainland Southeast Asia, stands at the region's crossroads. This small 'land in between' is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma-countries that, in pre-modern times, provided Lao kings with a field for territorial expansion. But more often, Laos has been a bridge between these powerful neighbours, and an arena in which they and their ... Read more

    $11.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pol Pot

    Anatomy of a Nightmare

    by Philip Short ...
    “A superb, authoritative account of the man and the madness that transformed Cambodia, almost overnight, into hell on earth”—The New York TimesThe leading biographer offers a searing, firsthand account of the despot's ideology and the horrors of his reign.Observing Pol Pot at close quarters during the one and only official visit he ever made abroad, to China in 1975, Philip Short was struck by the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cambodia: Report From a Stricken Land

    by Henry Kamm ...
    Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning NEW YORK TIMES Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document--a factual and personal account of its troubled history-- gives the Western reader the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Hun Sen's Cambodia

    by Sebastian Strangio ...
    To many in the West, the name Cambodia still conjures up indelible images of destruction and death, the legacy of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime and the terror it inflicted in its attempt to create a communist utopia in the 1970s. Sebastian Strangio, a journalist based in the capital city of Phnom Penh, now offers an eye-opening appraisal of modern-day Cambodia in the years following its emergence ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Behind the Killing Fields

    A Khmer Rouge Leader and One of His Victims

    by Gina Chon, Sambath Thet ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    In recent history, atrocities have often been committed in the name of lofty ideals. One of the most disturbing examples took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. Nearly thirty years after these bloody purges, two journalists entered the jungles of Cambodia to uncover secrets still buried there.Based on ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Where Great Powers Meet

    America & China in Southeast Asia

    by David Shambaugh ...
    After the end of the Cold War, it seemed as if Southeast Asia would remain a geopolitically stable region within the American-led order for the foreseeable future. In the last two decades, however, the re-emergence of China as a major great power has called into question the geopolitical future of the region and raised the specter of renewed great power competition. As the eminent China scholar ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

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  • The Vietnamese Boat People, 1954 and 1975-1992

    by Nghia M. Vo ...
    The biggest diaspora in Vietnamese history occurred between 1975 and 1992, when more than two million people fled by boat to escape North Vietnam's oppressive communist regime. Before this well-known exodus from Vietnam's shores, however, there was a massive population shift within the country. In 1954, one million fled from north to south to escape war, famine, and the communist land reform ... Read more

    $16.39 USD