Books by Nicholas (University of Auckland) Tarling

This reflective and provocative 1998 book will become a major interpretive synthesis of modern Southeast Asia.

This detailed study throws light on post-war British policy in South-east Asia. Extensive archival research demonstrates that South-east Asia was perceived as a region of mutually co-operating new states, rather than a fragmented mass. It is a major contribution to the diplomatic and political history of South-east Asia.

This book describes British wartime policy in South-East Asia. Unable to maintain dominance while at war with Germany, Britain, helped by America, tried to establish diplomatic dominance in opposition to Japan. This is a reinterpretation of the origins of the Pacific War and a useful study in diplomacy and foreign policy.