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Reviews the book `Discrepant Histories: Translocal Essays on Filipino Cultures,' edited by Vicente L. Rafael.

Reviews the book `Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992,' by Jane Hamilton-Merritt. Final months World War II; United States Central Intelligence Agency 's recruitment of the Hmong as an anticommunist force in northern Laos; American bombing campaign in Laos; Pathet Lao regime's response to Hmong resistance; Author's advocacy for the Hmongs; Portrayal of Vang Pao as a hero of the Laotian tragedy.

The article reviews the book "Crisis in the Philippines: The Marcos Era and Beyond," edited by John Bresnan.

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Reviews the book `Crime, Society and the State in the Nineteenth Century Philippines,' by Greg Bankoff.

Reviews the book `The Anti-Marcos Struggle: Personalistic Rule and Democratic Transition in the Philippines,' by Mark R. Thompson.

Reviews the book `Sugar and the Origins of Modern Philippine Society,' by John A. Larkin.

Reviews the book `The Japanese Occupation of Malaya: A Social and Economic History,' by Paul H. Kratoska.

Reviews the book `Unintended Consequences: Illegal Drugs and Drug Policies in Nine Countries,' by Lamond Tullis.

Reviews the book `Delusions of a Dictator: The Mind of Marcos as Revealed in his Secret Diaries,' by William C. Rempel.

Reviews the book `Bound to Empire: The United States and the Philippines,' by H.W. Brands.

Reviews the book 'Everyday Politics in the Philippines: Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village,' by Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet.

Reviews the book `Thailand and Japan's Southern Advance 1940-1945,' by E. Bruce Reynolds.