Publications

A Short History of South East Asia

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 5th edition 2009, by Peter Church

The first edition of "Focus on Southeast Asia" was published in 1997 and the second edition, which was renamed "A Short History of South East Asia", was published in 1999. With so much change taking place in South East Asia over the last few years we recently decided to update the book and a fifth edition was published by John Wiley and Sons (www.wiley.com) in 2009. The cover set out is of the fifth edition.

Click here to view the online text of the second (complimentary) edition.

Copies of the fifth edition are available for purchase in bookshops and through the Amazon website (www.amazon.com).

Reviews

Understand the Past to Anticipate the Future

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009 - Alina Boey

This best-selling title provides a concise yet informative history of each country in this fascinating region. This fifth edition is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Asia.

Singapore, China - infoZine - The importance of history to the present and future directions of a nation is best summed up in a statement made by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew: "...to understand the present and anticipate the future, one must know enough of the past, enough to have a sense of the history of a people."

This fifth edition is a continuation of the efforts of the author to try and find the middle path between the in-depth history of the people, and the abridged tourist-outline. A Short History of South-East Asia (5th Edition) by Peter Church provides a concise history of the South-East Asian countries. Church seeks to give readers sufficient detail necessary to facilitate the development of a sense of history - presenting SEA's political, economic and historical perspectives in a nutshell. This latest edition also includes a number of important developments in the recent years.

As with its previous international bestseller editions, the objective is to help readers have a "feel" of the history of the particular nation and a sense of how that might be relevant to their current and future business or other activities. 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 historical past and political future.

This is an incisive and accessible book that will prove to be an essential read for anyone seeking to identify opportunities and threats in this complex and fascinating part of the world.

Peter Church is the Chairman of AFG Venture Group (www.afgventuregroup.com). He is a lawyer by profession and has spent more than 30 years living and working in the South-East Asian and Indian regions. Peter advises a wide and varied group of Australian, Asian and international companies in relation to their activities in Asia and Australia. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to the promotion of business relations between Australia and the South-East Asian region.

A Short History of South-East Asia (5th Edition)
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Date: July 21, 2009
Paperback; 256 pp.; ISBN: 978-0-470-82481-8

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