Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.) entitled: Cambodia in the reign of King Sisowath, 1904-1927. Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-339) and index. Monash papers on Southeast Asia ; no. 37.
"This book examines the interaction between state security and regime security in South Korea from 1953 to 1960, under the leadership of President Syngman Rhee. Yong-Pyo Hong argues that the 'march north' was a manifestation of the president's concern for state and regime security and was an attempt to both remove the Communists from power, in line with Rhee's own vehement anti-Communist stance…
This text offers an account of the Beijing Spring of 1989 from inside the heart of the Politburo itself. The book contains excerpts from many documents detailing the highest-level processes of decision-making during the fateful period
Traces long-term trends in China, considering whether current developments favour the emergence of a pluralistic civil society or the preservation of State-controlled society, either in its Marxist-Leninist guise or in a modernizing authoritarian reincarnation.
Presents four translated documents, dated between December 1975 and October 1977, that reveal the existence of wide ideological controversy. Taken together, these four documents present a picture of extraordinary political vitality in China and contribute to our understanding of ideological currents and factions in China.