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History : Asia: Primary - Southeast Asia
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Asian history.
1947 photograph courtesy of Indonesia independent - Photographs 1947-1953, 1934 issue of the Siam Rashdra Daily News & 1968 National Security Council document courtesy of U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, 1954-1968
Southeast Asian Collections
The sources listed here are primarily in English and European languages. For an extensive list of Southeast Asian vernacular sources see the Southeast Asian Studies research guide.
Major collections:
- Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Colonial and Commonwealth Territories This link opens in a new window
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Indonesia
- Sukarno and the Army-PKI Rivalry in the Years of Living Dangerously, 1960-1963
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Philippines
- Espesyal komiks 1952-1961
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- Philippines: U.S. Policy during the Marcos Years, 1965-1986
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- Pilipino komiks 1949-1962
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Malaysia & Thailand
Vietnam
For additional digitized sources see the Vietnam Studies Group Digital Collections.
- Foreign Office files--United States of America. Series two, Vietnam, 1959-1975
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- U.S. Civilian Advisory Effort in Vietnam: U.S. Operations Mission, 1950-1954
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- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, 1954-1968
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- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, 1969-1975
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- Vietnam under French rule, 1919-1946
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