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Volume 81 - Issue 3 - August 2022

The Journal of Asian Studies Volume 81 - Issue 3 -

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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Rebel Politics: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar's Borderlands By David Brenner. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2019. xiv, 146 pp. ISBN: 9781501740091 (paper).
Michael W. Charney
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10 August 2022, pp. 620-621
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Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Colonial Imaginary: Global Encounters via Southeast Asia Edited by H. Hazel Hahn. Singapore: NUS Press, 2019. 328 pp. ISBN: 9789813250062.
Imran bin Tajudeen
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10 August 2022, pp. 621-622
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Young Soeharto: The Making of a Soldier, 1921–1945 By David Jenkins. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2021. xliv, 503 pp. ISBN: 9789814881012 (paper).
Robert W. Hefner
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10 August 2022, pp. 623-624
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Fighting for Virtue: Justice and Politics in Thailand By Duncan McCargo. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2019. 282 pp. ISBN: 9780801449994 (cloth).
Paul Chambers
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10 August 2022, pp. 624-626
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La guerre du Pacifique a commencé en Indochine 1940–1941 By Franck Michelin. Paris: Passés composés, 2019. 320 pp. ISBN: 9782379330605 (paper).
Olga Dror
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10 August 2022, pp. 626-628
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Democratic Deconsolidation in Southeast Asia By Marcus Mietzner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 77 pp. ISBN: 9781108468954 (paper; also available as e-book).
Thaveeporn Vasavakul
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10 August 2022, pp. 628-629
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Vietnamese Organized Crime in the Czech Republic By Miroslav Nožina and Filip Kraus. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. x, 172 pp. ISBN: 9783030436131.
Dan Le, Phi Hong Su
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10 August 2022, pp. 630-631
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Nothing Is Impossible: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam By Ted Osius. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2022. xxv, 317 pp. ISBN: 9781978825161 (cloth).
Andrew Wells-Dang
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10 August 2022, pp. 631-632
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Literature and Nation-Building in Vietnam: The Invisibilization of the Indians By Chi P. Pham. London: Routledge, 2021. 160 pp. ISBN: 9780367188184 (cloth).
Yen Vu
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10 August 2022, pp. 632-634
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History on the Run: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies By Ma Vang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2021. 272 pp. ISBN: 9781478011316 (paper).
Chi Yen Ha
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10 August 2022, pp. 634-635
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Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia By Anand A. Yang. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. vii, 292 pp. ISBN: 9780520294561 (cloth).
Chi P. Pham
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10 August 2022, pp. 636-637
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Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations By William A. Callahan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. xvi, 345 pp. ISBN: 9780190071745 (paper).
Joshua Neves
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10 August 2022, pp. 637-639
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The “Population Problem” in Pacific Asia By Stuart Gietel-Basten. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 222 pp. ISBN: 9780199361076 (cloth).
Michael R. M. Abrigo
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10 August 2022, pp. 639-640
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Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad By Manu Karuka. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. 297 pp. ISBN: 9780520296640 (paper).
Kevin Y. Kim
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10 August 2022, pp. 640-641
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We Shall be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin By Chris Miller. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2021. 384 pp. ISBN: 9780674916449 (cloth).
Paul Stronski
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10 August 2022, pp. 642-643
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Sounds from the Other Side: Afro–South Asian Collaborations in Black Popular Music By Elliott H. Powell. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020. 192 pp. ISBN: 9781517910044 (paper).
Frank J. Korom
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10 August 2022, pp. 643-645
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Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire By Sujit Sivasundaram. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. xxvii, 468 pp. ISBN: 9780226790411 (paper).
Adeeb Khalid
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10 August 2022, pp. 645-646
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Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures By Erin Suzuki. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 2021. 252 pp. ISBN: 9781439920947 (paper).
Maria Karaan
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10 August 2022, pp. 646-648
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Asia Inside and Out: Itinerant People Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, and Peter C. Perdue. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2019. x, 326 pp. ISBN: 9780674987630 (cloth).
Phillip B. Guingona
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10 August 2022, pp. 648-649
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Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations By Odd Arne Westad. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2021. ix, 205 pp. ISBN: 9780674238213 (cloth).
Feng Zhang
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10 August 2022, pp. 649-650
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Book Reviews—Southeast Asia

Rebel Politics: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar's Borderlands By David Brenner. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2019. xiv, 146 pp. ISBN: 9781501740091 (paper).

Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Colonial Imaginary: Global Encounters via Southeast Asia Edited by H. Hazel Hahn. Singapore: NUS Press, 2019. 328 pp. ISBN: 9789813250062.

Young Soeharto: The Making of a Soldier, 1921–1945 By David Jenkins. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2021. xliv, 503 pp. ISBN: 9789814881012 (paper).

Fighting for Virtue: Justice and Politics in Thailand By Duncan McCargo. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2019. 282 pp. ISBN: 9780801449994 (cloth).

La guerre du Pacifique a commencé en Indochine 1940–1941 By Franck Michelin. Paris: Passés composés, 2019. 320 pp. ISBN: 9782379330605 (paper).

Democratic Deconsolidation in Southeast Asia By Marcus Mietzner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 77 pp. ISBN: 9781108468954 (paper; also available as e-book).

Vietnamese Organized Crime in the Czech Republic By Miroslav Nožina and Filip Kraus. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. x, 172 pp. ISBN: 9783030436131.

Nothing Is Impossible: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam By Ted Osius. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2022. xxv, 317 pp. ISBN: 9781978825161 (cloth).

Literature and Nation-Building in Vietnam: The Invisibilization of the Indians By Chi P. Pham. London: Routledge, 2021. 160 pp. ISBN: 9780367188184 (cloth).

History on the Run: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies By Ma Vang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2021. 272 pp. ISBN: 9781478011316 (paper).

Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia By Anand A. Yang. Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. vii, 292 pp. ISBN: 9780520294561 (cloth).

Book Reviews—Transnational and Comparative

Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations By William A. Callahan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. xvi, 345 pp. ISBN: 9780190071745 (paper).

The “Population Problem” in Pacific Asia By Stuart Gietel-Basten. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 222 pp. ISBN: 9780199361076 (cloth).

Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad By Manu Karuka. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. 297 pp. ISBN: 9780520296640 (paper).

We Shall be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin By Chris Miller. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2021. 384 pp. ISBN: 9780674916449 (cloth).

Sounds from the Other Side: Afro–South Asian Collaborations in Black Popular Music By Elliott H. Powell. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2020. 192 pp. ISBN: 9781517910044 (paper).

Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire By Sujit Sivasundaram. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. xxvii, 468 pp. ISBN: 9780226790411 (paper).

Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures By Erin Suzuki. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 2021. 252 pp. ISBN: 9781439920947 (paper).

Asia Inside and Out: Itinerant People Edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, and Peter C. Perdue. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2019. x, 326 pp. ISBN: 9780674987630 (cloth).

Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations By Odd Arne Westad. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2021. ix, 205 pp. ISBN: 9780674238213 (cloth).

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