"To understand the present and anticipate the future, one must know enough of the past, enough to have a sense of the history of a people."
— Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore
While much has been written about the more recent political and economic changes that have characterised the countries of Southeast Asia, the history of the region has tended to be overlooked or treated in such detail as to make it difficult for busy people to digest. This material, drawn from the book of the same name, seeks, in the context of Lee Kuan Yew's thought provoking words, to provide readable histories of the ten countries of Southeast Asia and give the reader an edge in understanding and predicting the future direction of the environments in which they are living and working.
About this edition:
This is the complete text of the 2nd edition of the book. A Short History of South East Asia is now in its 5th edition, and is available to purchase from Amazon (www.amazon.com) and many other book shops.
About our company:
AFG Venture Group is an Asia and Australia based corporate advisory and consulting firm with over 20 years experience in creating alliances, relationships and transactions in Australia, South East Asia and India; including a 15 year history of corporate and equities advisory in Australia, undertaking merger, acquisition, divestment, fund raising and consulting for private and public companies.