Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-432) and index.

The land and its people -- Early kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia -- Early kingdoms of Sumatra and Java -- The rise of new states : Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca -- European intrusion in the Indian archipelago : the early phase -- Mainland Southeast Asia : the consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam -- The English and Dutch in the East Indies -- The British role in the Malay states in the nineteenth century -- Pride and paramountcy : Anglo-Burmese relations in the nineteenth century -- The French in Vietnam and Cambodia -- Thailand remains independent -- Nationalist movements in Southeast Asia : general -- The Filipino urge for freedom from Spanish and US rule -- The nationalist movements : Indonesia -- The nationalist movements : Myanmar -- Thailand's constitutional revolution -- The nationalist movements : Vietnam -- The nationalist movements : Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos -- Independent Philippines -- Myanmar : toward integration and democracy -- Thailand : independence at any price -- Indonesia : unity amid diversity -- East Timor : birth of a nation -- Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei -- Nationalism and communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos -- Vietnam and Cambodia under communism -- Tsunami, cyclone, and terrorism in Southeast Asia.

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