A thoroughly updated collection providing a balance of countries, eras, and perspectives in Southeast Asian history.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the Second Edition
• PART I: CULTURAL HERITAGE
• 1. The “Indianization” of Southeast Asia- Ian W. Mabbett
• 2. Foreign Influences and the Vietnamese Cultural Core- John K. Whitmore
• 3. State and Kingship in Southeast Asia- Robert Heine-Geldern
• 4. The Trung Sisters in the Literature of Later Centuries- Keith Weller Taylor
• 5. Some Travelers from China in Southeast Asia- Fa-hsien, Chau Ju-kua, and Marco Polo
• 6. Interstate Relations in Java- Pararaton
• 7. Protocol at the Malaccan Court- Sejarah Melayu
• PART II: THE COLONIAL INTERLUDE
• 8. The Position of the Native Regents- Bertrand Johannes Shrieke
• 9. The Philippines Before the Spanish Conquest- Miguel de Loarca
• 10. The Hispanization of the Philippines- John Leddy Phelan
• 11. Javanese Aristocracy and the Dutch- Raden Adjeng Kartini
• PART III: NATIONALIST RESPONSE
• 12. Mi Ultimo Adiós- José Rizal
• 13. Theses on Nationalism and Colonialism- V. I. Lenin
• 14. Vietnam's Declaration of Independence- Ho Chi Minh
• 15. Indonesian Independence and Pancasila- Sukarno
• 16. Burma Under the Japanese- U Nu
• 17. Indonesian Nationalists and the Japanese- Elly Touwen-Bouwsma
• 18. Decolonization in Malaya, 1942–1952,- A. J. Stockwell
• PART IV: FRUITS OF FREEDOM
• 19. The Birth of the NLF- Truong Nhu Tang
• 20. The United States in Vietnam- Lyndon B. Johnson
• 21. Wawasan or Vision 2020: The Way Forward- Mahathir Mohammad
• 22. Malaysia on Track for 2020 Vision- Mahathir Mohammad
• 23. ASEAN Vision 2020,- ASEAN Secretariat
• 24. Pol Pot's Rise to Power- Ben Kiernan
• 25. Freedom from Fear- Aung San Suu Kyi
• 26. Islam in Southeast Asia- Greg Fealy
• A Select Bibliography
• Chronological Chart