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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEATH CULT IN 1930s JAPAN AND THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOM BOMB
Francis Pike
Pages: 1-31
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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INDIA'S MYANMAR POLICY AND THE ‘SINO-INDIAN GREAT GAME’
Sunniva Engh
Pages: 32-58
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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CHINA'S GLOBAL GOALS AND ROLES: CHANGING THE WORLD FROM SECOND PLACE?
Shaun Breslin
Pages: 59-70
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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WHERE DID BHUTAN'S GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS COME FROM? THE ORIGINS OF AN INVENTED TRADITION
Lauchlan T. Munro
Pages: 71-92
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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“A DISMAL BUT PROFITABLE DITCH”: THE SUEZ CANAL THEN AND NOW
Sarah Searight
Pages: 93-100
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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INDIA-CHINA BOUNDARY DISPUTES: AN OVERVIEW
Amit Ranjan
Pages: 101-114
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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RSAA TOURS – ART EXHIBITION
Pages: 115-118
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Letter to the Editor

Letter
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Nicholas Barrington
Page: 119
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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OBITUARIES

Obituary
HUGH LEACH OBE MBE (MIL)
5 MAY 1934–14 NOVEMBER 2015
Harold Walker
Pages: 120-124
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE MICHAEL GEOFFREY SWINDELLS CB
Bill Woodburn
Pages: 125-126
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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BOOK REVIEWS: General

Book Review
Andrew Gamble. Crisis Without End?: The Unravelling of Western Prosperity
R. Khan
Pages: 127-129
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Aiyaz Husain. Mapping the End of Empire: American and British Strategic Visions in the Postwar World
Richard J. E. Brown
Pages: 130-131
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Adrian Greenwood. Victoria's Scottish Lion: The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
Martin Bourke
Pages: 131-133
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Jenny Balfour Paul. Deeper Than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, Forgotten Explorer
Sue Arnold
Pages: 133-134
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Stephanie Cronin (ed). Anti-Veiling Campaigns in the Muslim World: Gender, Modernism and the Politics of Dress
R. Khan
Pages: 135-137
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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BOOK REVIEWS: Middle East

Book Review
Leon T. Goldsmith. Cycle of Fear: Syria's Alawites in War and Peace; Michael M. Gunter. Out of Nowhere: The Kurds of Syria in Peace and War
Henry Hogger
Pages: 138-141
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Eldon Rutter. The Holy Cities of Arabia
John Shipman
Pages: 141-143
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Despina Vlami. Trading with the Ottomans: The Levant Company in the Middle East
Peter Clark
Pages: 144-145
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Menachem Klein. Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Hebron
Janet Hancock
Pages: 145-147
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Bernard Haykel, Thomas Hegghammer & Stephane Lacroix (eds). Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights on Social, Political, Economic and Religious Change
Caroline Montagu
Pages: 147-149
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Dorothe Sommer. Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Fraternity and its Influence in Syria and the Levant
Peter Clark
Pages: 149-151
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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BOOK REVIEWS: Central Asia

Book Review
Sulmaan Wasif Khan. Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands
Wendy Palace
Pages: 152-154
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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BOOK REVIEWS: South Asia

Book Review
Bhumitra Chakma (ed). South Asia in Transition: Democracy, Political Economy and Security
Rohit Dasgupta
Pages: 155-156
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Scott Gates & Kaushik Roy. Unconventional Warfare in South Asia: Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency
Michael Kyle
Pages: 156-157
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Itty Abraham. How India Became Territorial: Foreign Policy, Diaspora, Geopolitics
Priyanka Singh
Pages: 157-159
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Louise Tillin. Remapping India: New States and their Political Origins
Yaqoob Khan Bangash
Pages: 160-161
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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A. S. Bhalla. Monuments, Power and Poverty in India: From Ashoka to the Raj
Michael Neale
Pages: 161-164
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Michael Creese. Swords Trembling in their Scabbards: The Changing Status of Indian Officers in the Indian Army 1757–1947; Brian Cloughley, Lester W. Grau & Andrew Roe. From Fabric Wings to Supersonic Fighters and Drones: A History of Military Aviation on both Sides of the North-West Frontier
Michael Kyle
Pages: 164-166
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Svati P. Shah. Street Corner Secrets: Sex, Work and Migration in the City of Mumbai; Skylab Sahu. Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: Exploring Politics of Women's Health in India
Rohit Dasgupta
Pages: 166-169
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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BOOK REVIEWS: South East Asia

Book Review
Barbara Watson Andaya & Leonard Y. Andaya. A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400–1830
Robert H. Taylor
Pages: 170-171
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Richard Cockett. Blood, Dreams and Gold: The Changing Face of Burma
Robert H. Taylor
Pages: 171-173
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Ichiro Kakizaki. Trams, Buses, and Rails: The History of Urban Transport in Bangkok, 1886–2010
Paul Chambers
Pages: 173-175
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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BOOK REVIEWS: East Asia

Book Review
Andrew Small. The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics
A. O. Blishen
Pages: 176-177
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Yuwen Li. The Judicial System and Reform in Post-Mao China: Stumbling Towards Justice
Kenneth C. Walker
Pages: 177-178
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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David A. Pietz. The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China
Susan Pares
Pages: 178-180
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Wade Shepard. Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country
Michael Sheringham
Pages: 181-183
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Huan Hsu. The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China
Paul Cheeseright
Pages: 183-185
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Sheila A. Smith. Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China
Reinhard Drifte
Pages: 185-186
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Chien-peng Chung. Contentious Integration: Post-Cold War Japan-China Relations in the Asia-Pacific
A. O. Blishen
Pages: 186-188
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Tim F. Liao, Kimie Hara & Krista Wiegand (eds). The China-Japan Border Dispute: Islands of Contention in Multidisciplinary Perspective; James C. Hsiung. An Anatomy of Sino-Japanese Disputes and US Involvement: History & International Law
Reinhard Drifte
Pages: 188-191
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Nayoung Aimee Kwon. Intimate Empire: Collaboration & Colonial Modernity in Korea & Japan
J. E. Hoare
Pages: 191-192
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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Miscellany

OTHER PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED
Pages: 193-195
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY
Pages: 196-197
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY – JANUARY 2016
Page: 198
Published online: 09 Mar 2016
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