Southeast Asia

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.

Glen Barclay considers how far Australian intervention in Vietnam marked a watershed in the country's willingness to send its troops abroad to fight for distant but powerful allies.

Lost illusions and gung-ho patriotism have both featured prominently in Hollywood’s reaction to the Vietnam War, but not to date some of the more unpleasant aspects of the conflict.

Ann Hills examines the reconstruction of Singapore's 19th-century buildings to accommodate tourism.

For the past 600 years the island of Java has been the scene for the encounter of the two major cultural and religious traditions of the world.