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Southeast Asia Audiobooks

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    Vietnam: An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945-1975

    by Max Hastings ...
    Narrated by Max Hastings, Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    33 hours 33 min

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the YearVietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent ... Read more

    $66.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Jakarta Method

    Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

    by Vincent Bevins ...
    Narrated by Tim Paige ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 58 min

    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020 BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQThe hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States.In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Battle of Long Tan

    by Peter FitzSimons ...
    Narrated by David Tredinnick ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 2 min

    From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle.4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious.5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south.5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees.It was the afternoon of 18 August 1966, hot, humid with grey monsoonal skies. D Company, 6RAR were four ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife

    Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam

    by John A. Nagl, John A. Nagl ...
    Narrated by John Pruden ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 46 min

    Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl—a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the conflict in Iraq—considers the now crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared. Through the use of archival sources and ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Vietnam

    A History

    by Stanley Karnow ...
    Narrated by Edward Holland ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 43 min

    In this comprehensive history, Stanley Karnow demystifies the tragic ordeal of America’s war in Vietnam. The book’s central theme is that America’s leaders, prompted as much by domestic politics as by global ambitions, carried the United States into Southeast Asia with little regard for the realities of the region. Karnow elucidates the decision-making process in Washington and Asia and recounts ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Last Whalers

    The Life of an Endangered Tribe in a Land Left Behind

    by Doug Bock Clark ...
    Narrated by Jay Snyder ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 23 min

    'Remarkable... a rich, novelistic account based on diligent reporting ... An empathetic, even intimate account, but not a dewy-eyed one ... Wonderful' Daily Telegraph'I absolutely loved this magnificent book' Sebastian Junger'A monumental achievement' Mitchell ZuckoffThe epic story of the world's last subsistence whalers.At a time when global change has eradicated thousands of uniqu... ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Summary of Vincent Bevins's The Jakarta Method

    by Everest Media ...
    Narrated by AI Marcus ...

    Abridged

    1 hour 10 min

    Please note:This audiobook has been generated using AI Voice. This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The United States, a Western European settler colony in North America, emerged from World War II as the most powerful state on Earth. The country came to represent and champion revolutionary, democratic ideals, but internally, things were much more complicated ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Mongol Storm

    Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

    by Nicholas Morton ...
    Narrated by Nick Biadon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 51 min

    How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages.For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.In a single ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent

    by Pranay Lal ...
    Narrated by Vikrant Chaturvedi ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    The first definitive natural history of the Indian subcontinent.Did you know that the exquisite caves of Ellora were hewn from rock formed in the greatest lava floods the world has known—eruptions so enormous that they may well have obliterated dinosaurs? Or that Bengaluru owes its unique climate to a tectonic event that took place 88 million years ago? That the Ganga and Brahmaputra sequester ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Golden Triangle

    by Bertil Lintner, Pat Childs ...
    Narrated by Richard C. Hottelet ...
    series The World’s Political Hot Spots

    Unabridged

    2 hours 48 min

    Thailand, Laos, and Burma have been known as the “Golden Triangle” because of their historically prominent role in the drug trade. For centuries, these countries have produced the opium that has attracted traders from Europe and elsewhere. Economics, religion, and politics combine to make this area not only important but also, to the western mind, exotic.The World’s Political Hot Spots series ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Pisces Moon

    The Dark Arts of Empire

    by Douglas Valentine ...
    Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours

    Pisces Moon: The Dark Arts of Empire is a sweeping critical analysis of Western colonialism, its foundational beliefs in militarism, patriarchy, Christianity, and white supremacy; and its destructive impact on the nations of Southeast Asia and, ultimately, America.Valentine focuses on the “dark arts” of empire: the black bag of CIA covert operations, including bribery, right-wing coups, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Leper Spy

    The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II

    by Ben Montgomery ...
    Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 14 min

    The GIs called her Joey. Hundreds owed their lives to the tiny Filipina who stashed explosives in spare tires, tracked Japanese troop movements, and smuggled maps of fortifications across enemy lines. As the Battle of Manila raged, Josefina Guerrero walked through gunfire to bandage wounds and close the eyes of the dead. Her valor earned her the Medal of Freedom, but what made her a good spy was ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Lajja

    by Taslima Nasrin ...
    Narrated by Mala Mangla ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 58 min

    A savage indictment of religious extremism and man's inhumanity to man, Lajja was banned in Bangladesh but became a bestseller in the rest of the world. This brand-new translation marks the twentieth anniversary of this controversial novel. The Dattas Sudhamoy and Kironmoyee and their children, Suronjon and Maya have lived in Bangladesh all their lives. Despite being members of a small Hindu ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    When the Clouds Fell from the Sky

    A Daughter's Search for Her Father in the Killing Fields of Cambodia

    by Robert Carmichael ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 42 min

    'An outstanding book of astonishing power . . . One finishes it with an ache in the heart'Jon Swain, writer and foreign correspondent, author of River of Time'Like Auschwitz, like Stalin's purges, the mass murders of the Khmer Rouge are one of those extraordinary events that make us wonder about the human capacity for evil. Through a profoundly moving tale that weaves together the connected ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Philippines History

    The History of Philippines Retold

    by History Retold ...
    Narrated by Will Forrest ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 43 min

    Are you ready to dive into the history of the Philippines?This audiobook is a comprehensive guide to the island nation's rich past, tracing its heritage back thousands of years. With this audiobook, you'll gain an understanding of the people and cultures that have shaped this country, as well as a better appreciation for its unique identity.From ancient civilizations to modern cities, learn about ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cambodia

    History of Angkor Wat and the Khmer Empire (3 in 1)

    by Kelly Mass ...
    Narrated by Mike Thomas ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 30 min

    Learn more about the history of those countries. The topics addressed will be these:Angkor Wat-- The temple was built as the state temple for the Khmer Empire at the demand of Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yaodharapura (, contemporary Angkor), the Khmer Empire's capital. It was constructed in the early 12th century to honor the Hindu god Vishnu, but by the end of the century, it had ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 4

    as told by more veterans who served

    by William F. Brown ...
    Narrated by Dug Joy ...
    Audiobook 4 - Our Vietnam Wars

    Unabridged

    12 hours 32 min

    Want to know what Vietnam was really like? 4.7 Stars! 4.7 Stars on 137 Amazon Reviews. 4.8 Stars on 5 Audible Reviews. 12 hours and 33 minutes.Real stories told by real people, in their own words, 40 veterans, men and women, caught up in an all too real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy. They're like Doritos. ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent

    by Wendy Law-Yone ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 8 min

    A portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracy in Myanmar, is once again behind bars. Her resounding victory at the polls, and re-election to office as civilian head of state, was overturned by the February 2021 military coup – a move with ruinous consequences. Myanmar today is a country in extremis, war ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Angkor Wat

    Historical Facts about the Largest Religious Structure in the World

    by Kelly Mass ...
    Narrated by Mike Thomas ...

    Unabridged

    48 min

    Angkor Wat, in northwest Cambodia, is the world's largest spiritual structure in the shape of a temple complex, with an acreage of 401 +344 acres. A quincunx of 4 towers surrounds a center spire that rises up to a height of 65 meters (213 feet) in the air in the temple's heart. The temple is separated into 3 rectangle-shaped galleries, each of which rises over the one before it. It's surrounded by ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Vietnam War

    From Saigon to Hanoi

    by A.J.Kingston ...
    Narrated by Madison May ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 23 min

    Introducing "Vietnam War: From Saigon to Hanoi," the definitive guide to one of the most complex and significant conflicts of the 20th century.This meticulously researched book provides a comprehensive and nuanced analysis of the Vietnam War, exploring the political, social, and cultural factors that shaped the conflict. From the French colonial period to the fall of Saigon, "Vietnam War: From ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Street Without Joy

    The French Debacle In Indochina

    by Bernard B. Fall ...
    Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 10 min

    In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bait

    The Battle of Kham Duc

    by Gregory W. Sanders, James D. McLeroy ...
    Narrated by James D. McLeroy ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 5 min

    An account of the battle of Kham Duc, one of the least known and most misunderstood battles in the American Phase of the Second Indochina War (1959 to 1975).The strategic potential of the three-day attack of two NVA regiments on Kham Duc—a remote and isolated Army Special Forces camp—on the eve of the first Paris peace talks in May 1968, was so significant that former President Lyndon Johnson ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Westmoreland's War

    Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam

    by Gregory Daddis ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 41 min

    General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmoreland's misguided and narrow strategy. In a ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Last Stand at Khe Sanh

    The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam

    by Gregg Jones ...
    Narrated by William Hughes ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 55 min

    The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh toldthrough the eyes of the men who lived it.For seventy-seven days in 1968, amid fears that Americafaced its own disastrous Dien Bien Phu, six thousand US Marines held off thirtythousand North Vietnamese Army regulars at the remote mountain strongholdcalled Khe Sanh. It was the biggest battle of the Vietnam War, with sharpground engagements, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial