Literature about Southeast Asia explained

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.
• Book: Cœdès, George. George Cœdès

. George Cœdès. Walter F. Vella. trans.Susan Brown Cowing . The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. 1968. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-0368-1.

• 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,
• Book: Daigorō Chihara. Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia. 1996. BRILL. 90-04-10512-3.
• Panikkar, K. M. (1953). Asia and Western dominance, 1498-1945, by K.M. Panikkar. London: G. Allen and Unwin.

Burma (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

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.

Malaysia

• The Long Day Wanes by Anthony Burgess

Philippines

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

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.