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Free History Books - Asia
  1. An Atheist With Gandhi by Gora (HTML at aracnet.com)

  2. A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh by Austen Henry Layard (HTML at mu.edu)

  3. A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms by Fa-Hsien, trans. by James Legge (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 31 Mar 2000)

  4. Aristakes Lastivertc'i's History by Aristakes Lastivertc'i, trans. by Robert Bedrosian (HTML at virtualscape.com)

  5. A Taste of Freedom (1994 edition) by Peng Ming-Min (HTML at xoom.com)

  6. A Teachers' and Textbook Writers' Handbook on Japan by International Society for Educational Information (HTML in Japan)

  7. A Year Amongst the Persians by Edward Granville Browne (HTML at bahai-library.org)

  8. Bangladesh: A Country Study, ed. by James Heitzman and Robert Worden (HTML at LOC)

  9. Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 29 Feb 2000)

  10. Bismya: or, The Lost City of Adab by Edgar James Banks (page images at Chicago)

  11. Cambodia: A Country Study, ed. by Russell R. Ross (HTML at LOC)

  12. Central Asian Monuments, ed. by Hasan B. Paksoy
    1. HTML at Kansas
    2. HTML at eurasianews.com

  13. Combat Actions in Korea (1970 edition) by Russell A. Gugeler (HTML at US Army CMH)

  14. Concerning the Jews by Mark Twain
    1. HTML at Nizkor
    2. HTML at miningco.com

  15. Cannon Fodder: Growing Up for Vietnam by Phillip Coleman (HTML at AOL)

  16. Central Pacific by Clayton R. Newell (illustrated HTML at US Army CMH)

  17. China: A Country Study, ed. by Robert L. Worden, Andrea Matles Savada, and Ronald E. Dolan (HTML at LOC)

  18. China and the Manchus by Herbert Allen Giles
    1. Gutenberg ASCII text; unofficial until 30 Apr 2000
    2. Gutenberg 8-bit text; unofficial until 30 Apr 2000

  19. China and the World War (Macmillan, 1919) by William Reginald Wheeler (illustrated HTML at Kansas)

  20. Chinese Sketches by Herbert Allen Giles (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 30 Apr 2000)

  21. Combat Support in Korea by John G. Westover (HTML at US Army CMH)

  22. Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place by Mahatma Gandhi (text at tripod.com)

  23. Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  24. Cyprus: A Country Study, ed. by Eric Solsten (HTML at LOC)

  25. Democracy Betrayed: A Response to the U. S. State Department Report on the Mojahedin and the Iranian Resistance by National Council of Resistance of Iran (HTML and PDF at iran-e-azad.org)

  26. Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu, and Anonymous (11th Century Japan), trans. by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi (local illustrated HTML)

  27. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight
    1. PDF at GeoCities
    2. zipped TEI at GeoCities

  28. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Samuel White Baker (Gutenberg text)

  29. Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake (Gutenberg text)

  30. Europe in China: The History of Hongkong by Ernest John Eitel (Golden Gale archive format)

  31. Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Defense Persian Gulf Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program by Institute of Medicine (HTML and page images at NAP)

  32. Formosa Betrayed by George H. Kerr (HTML at formosa.org)

  33. Ghazar P'arpec'i's History of the Armenians by Ghazar P'arpec'i, trans. by Robert Bedrosian (HTML at virtualscape.com)

  34. Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines by Neal Bierling (HTML at phoenixdatasystems.com)

  35. Gulf War Debriefing Book (prepublication version) by Andrew Leyden (HTML with commentary at leyden.com)

  36. Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War: Recommendations for Research and Information Systems by Institute of Medicine (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  37. History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 30 Sep 2000)

  38. Holocaust in Rumania: Facts and Documents on the Annihilation of Rumania's Jews, 1940-44 by Matatias Carp (HTML at hungary.com)

  39. Houseboat Days in China by John Otway Percy Bland (illustrated HTML at shanghai-ed.com)

  40. India and Tibet by Francis Edward Younghusband (Golden Gale archive format)

  41. Indian Ocean: Five Island Countries, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  42. Indonesia: A Country Study, ed. by William H. Frederick and Robert L. Worden (HTML at LOC)

  43. Iran: A Country Study, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  44. Iraq: A Country Study, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  45. Israel: A Country Study, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  46. Japan: A Country Study, ed. by Ronald E. Dolan and Robert L. Worden (HTML at LOC)

  47. Japan from a Japanese Perspective: Some Pointers for Textbook Writers and Publishers by International Society for Educational Information (HTML in Japan)

  48. Jordan: A Country Study, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  49. Kirakos Gandzakets'i's History of the Armenians by Kirakos Gandzakets'i, trans. by Robert Bedrosian (HTML at virtualscape.com)

  50. Laos: A Country Study, ed. by Andrea Matles Savada (HTML at LOC)

  51. Lebanon: A Country Study, ed. by Thomas Collelo (HTML at LOC)

  52. Letters of a Shanghai Griffin by Jay Denby (illustrated HTML at shanghai-ed.com)

  53. Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths by Mark Shepard (HTML at markshep.com)

  54. Mongolia: A Country Study, ed. by Robert L. Worden and Andrea Matles Savada (HTML at LOC)

  55. Nagorno Karabagh: A White Paper by Armenian Center for National and International Studies (HTML in Armenia)

  56. Nepal and Bhutan: Country Studies, ed. by Andrea Matles Savada (HTML at LOC)

  57. New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening (second edition) by Arthur Judson Brown
    1. HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  58. North Korea: A Country Study, ed. by Andrea Matles Savada (HTML at LOC)

  59. Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray (Gutenberg text)

  60. On New Democracy by Mao Tse-Tung (HTML at marxists.org)

  61. On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism by Mao Tse-Tung (HTML at marxists.org)

  62. On the Jewish Question by Karl Marx (HTML at marxists.org)

  63. Pakistan: A Country Study, ed. by Peter Blood (HTML at LOC)

  64. Palestine Exploration Fund, 1911 by Gustav Dalman and Duncan McKenzie (page images at Chicago)

  65. P'awstos Buzandac'i's History of the Armenians by P'Awstos Buzandac'i, trans. by Robert Bedrosian (HTML at virtualscape.com)

  66. Persian Gulf States: Country Studies, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  67. Philippines: A Country Study, ed. by Ronald E. Dolan (HTML at LOC)

  68. Policy and Direction: The First Year by James F. Schnabel (HTML at US Army CMH)

  69. Prevent the Crime of Silence: Reports from the sessions of the International War Crimes Tribunal founded by Bertrand Russell by International War Crimes Tribunal, ed. by Peter Limqueco and Peter Weiss (HTML in the UK)

  70. Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War by Mao Tse-Tung (HTML at marxists.org)

  71. Problems of the Chinese Revolution by Leon Trotsky, trans. by Max Shachtman (HTML at marxists.org)

  72. Remembering and Understanding the Armenian Genocide by Rouben Paul Adalian (HTML in Armenia)

  73. Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture by Noam Chomsky (HTML at zmag.org)

  74. Saudi Arabia: A Country Study, ed. by Helen Chapin Metz (HTML at LOC)

  75. Sebeos' History by Sebeos, trans. by Robert Bedrosian (HTML at virtualscape.com)

  76. Sindhu Desh: A Study in its Separate Identity Through the Ages by Saeen G. M. Syed (HTML at unlimited.net)

  77. Singapore: A Country Study, ed. by Barbara Leitch LePoer (HTML at LOC)

  78. Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ by Alfred Edersheim (HTML and Word at CCEL)

  79. South Korea: A Country Study, ed. by Andrea Matles Savada and William Shaw (HTML at LOC)

  80. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu by Roy E. Appleman (HTML at US Army CMH)

  81. Sri Lanka: A Country Study, ed. by Russell R. Ross and Andrea Matles Savada (HTML at LOC)

  82. Survival is Not Enough by Yehoshua Zamir, trans. by Ron Schkolnick (illustrated HTML with commentary at English Server)

  83. Syria: A Country Study, ed. by Thomas Collelo (HTML at LOC)

  84. Thailand: A Country Study, ed. by Barbara Leitch LePoer (HTML at LOC)

  85. The Armenian File: The Myth of Innocence Exposed by Kamuran Gürün (HTML in Turkey)

  86. The Armenian Issue in Ten Questions and Answers by Foreign Policy Institute (Ankara) (HTML in Turkey)

  87. The Case of Sindh: G.M. Sayed's Deposition for the Court by Saeen G. M. Syed (HTML at unlimited.net)

  88. The Chinese Boy and Girl by Isaac Taylor Headland
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  89. The Civilization of China by Herbert Allen Giles (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 29 Feb 2000)

  90. The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan (1887 edition) by H. G. Keene (Gutenberg text)

  91. The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion by Sergyei Nilus (text with commentary at OBI)

  92. The Sindh Story by K. R. Malkani (HTML at UIUC)

  93. The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell (Gutenberg text)

  94. The Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party in the Period of Resistance to Japan by Mao Tse-Tung (HTML at marxists.org)

  95. The Whirlwind War: The United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, ed. by Frank N. Schubert and Theresa L. Kraus (HTML at US Army CMH)

  96. The Wilderness of Zin by C. Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence (page images at Chicago)

  97. The Works of Flavius Josephus by Flavius Josephus, trans. by William Whiston (HTML at nnc.edu)

  98. T'ovma Metsobets'i's History of Tamerlane and His Successors by T'ovma Metsobets'i, trans. by Robert Bedrosian (HTML at virtualscape.com)

  99. Travels from St. Petersburg, in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia (1763) by John Bell
    1. volume 1: page images at LOC
    2. volume 2: page images at LOC

  100. Two Years in the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  101. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird (Gutenberg text; unofficial until 31 May 2000)

  102. U.S. Army Special Forces, 1961-1971 by Francis J. Kelly (HTML at US Army CMH)

  103. Vietnam: A Country Study, ed. by Ronald J. Cima (HTML at LOC)

  104. Vietnam Study Guide and Annotated Bibliography by Steven J. Rosenthal (frame-dependent page images at MSU)

  105. Vietnam: Why Did We Go? by Avro Manhattan (HTML at reformation.org)

  106. Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China? by Mao Tse-Tung (HTML at marxists.org)