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In the jungles and rice fields of Southeast Asia, the Second World War was far more than a distant echo of battles in Europe or the Pacific. Between 1940 and 1945, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were swept into a geopolitical maelstrom in which opportunistic alliances, brutal occupations, and fragile resistance movements redrew borders and national destinies.

Shadows of Empire: Southeast Asia’s Secret War, 1940–1945

In the jungles and rice fields of Southeast Asia, the Second World War was far more than a distant echo of battles in Europe or the Pacific. Between 1940 and 1945, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were swept into a geopolitical maelstrom in which opportunistic alliances, brutal occupations, and fragile resistance movements redrew borders and national destinies.

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Shadows of Empire: Southeast Asia’s Secret War, 1940–1945​

Shadows of Empire: Southeast Asia’s Secret War, 1940–1945