This is an introduction to some of the books and novels written about Southeast Asia.

General At war with Asia by Noam Chomsky. Describes the American-Vietnam War, and the bombing campaigns on neighboring countries. Democracy by Joan Didion. Set in Southeast Asia (and Hawaii) at the end of the Vietnam War. The Quiet American by Graham Greene The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer.

Lokesh Chandra, & International Academy of Indian Culture. (2000). Society and culture of Southeast Asia: Continuities and changes. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan. R. C. Majumdar, Study of Sanskrit in South-East Asia R. C. Majumdar, Suvarnadvipa, Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Vol.II, Calcutta, R. C. Majumdar, India and South-East Asia, I.S.P.Q.S. History and Archaeology Series Vol. 6, 1979, . R. C. Majumdar, History of the Hindu Colonization and Hindu Culture in South-East Asia; Ancient Indian colonisation in South-East Asia; Hindu Colonies in the Far East, Calcutta, 1944,

Panikkar, K. M. (1953). Asia and Western dominance, 1498-1945, by K.M. Panikkar. London: G. Allen and Unwin.

Cambodia

Pol Pot The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens details the bombing campaigns against Cambodia (amongst others). R. C. Majumdar, Kambuja Desa Or An Ancient Hindu Colony In Cambodia, Madras, 1944

Indonesia

Hidden Agendas by John Pilger Rogue State by Noam Chomsky. Both of these detail the attacks on East Timor. Hoadley, M. C. (1991). Sanskritic continuity in Southeast Asia: The ṣaḍātatāyī and aṣṭacora in Javanese law. Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Hughes-Freeland, F. (1991). Javanese visual performance and the Indian mystique. Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.

Laos

Malaysia

The Long Day Wanes by Anthony Burgess

Myanmar

Burmese Days by George Orwell. Orwell served as a police officer in the British Empire and this fueled his contempt for colonialism evident in the book Freedom from Fear by Aung San Suu Kyi The Heart Must Break by James Mawdsley The Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe

Philippines

Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal. Sparked the independence struggle from Spanish colonialism. El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal. Sequel to Noli Me Tangere.

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Heroes by John Pilger The Quiet American by Graham Greene The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh Understanding Vietnam by Neil L Jamiesson R. C. Majumdar, Champa, Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Vol.I, Lahore, 1927.