Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD 1
3. AUTHOR'S PREFACE 12
4. CONTENTS 16
5. INTRODUCTION
6. 1. The Asia of the Centuries 21
7. 2. Invasion from the West 26
8. 3. Religion and Nationalism 30
9. 4. The Political and Social Revolution 34
10. 5. Geographical and Historical Divisions 37
11. FIRST PERIOD 1900-1914: THE AWAKENING OF ASIA
12. 1. The Turkish Empire 45
13. 2. The Japanese Empire 50
14. 3. The Chinese Empire 56
15. 4. India-Pakistan 62
16. 5. Korea, Formosa, the Philippines and Indonesia 67
17. 6. Indochina, Malaya, Thailand and Burma 73
18. 7. Afghanistan and Iran 80
19. 8. The Arab Countries 87
20. 9. Egypt and the Soudan 93
21. SECOND PERIOD. 1914-1919: THE 'DEGLORIFICATION' OF THE WEST
22. 1. The First World War 101
23. 2. The Turkish Empire 107
24. 3. The Arab Countries 111
25. 4. The Russian Empire 116
26. 5. Japan, China, Mongolia and Korea 124
27. 6. Thailand, India-Pakistan, Indonesia, Indochina, Malaya, Persia and Afghanistan 132
28. THIRD PERIOD. 1919-1941: REACTION AND ACTION
29. 1. Soviet Asia 143
30. 2. Japan 155
31. 3. Turkey 166
32. 4. The Arab Countries (i) 172
33. 5. The Arab Countries (ii) 178
34. 6. Egypt 191
35. 7. Iran and Afghanistan 196
36. 8. China (i) 206
37. 9. China (ii) 214
38. 10. The Philippines and Indonesia 224
39. 11. Indochina, Malaya and Thailand 238
40. 12. India-Pakistan (i) 249
41. 13. India-Pakistan (ii) and Burma 258
42. FOURTH PERIOD. 1941-1945: STORM OVER ASIA
43. 1. The Second World War: a general view 275
44. 2. The Second World War in Africa 284
45. 3. Iran and Afghanistan 289
46. 4. India-Pakistan 294
47. 5. Burma, Thailand, Indochina and Malaya 301
48. 6. Indonesia and the Philippines 312
49. 7. China 321
50. 8. Japan and the Second World War 331
51. FIFTH PERIOD. 1945-1955: FULFILMENT AND DISILLUSION
52. 1. Asia after the Second World War 347
53. 2. China, Korea and Indochina 348
54. 3. India-Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon 357
55. 4. Indonesia and Thailand 363
56. 5. Japan and the Philippines 367
57. 6. Israel and the Arab League, Syria, the Lebanon, Jordan 371
58. 7. Turkey and Iran 375
59. 8. Egypt and the Soudan 380
60. LAST PERIOD. 1955-1960: THE MOST RECENT PAST: CONCLUSION
61. 1. After Bandung 389
62. 2. China 391
63. 3. India 396
64. 4. Southeast Asia and Japan 400
65. 5. The Arab World 406
66. CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY 411
67. BIBLIOGRAPHY 425
68. INDEX OF PERSONS 433
69. INDEX OF PLACES 440