Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia offers the reader an accessible journey through Southeast Asia from pre-colonial times to the present day with themes ranging from conquest and management to decolonization.

1. Imperial Systems of Power, Colonial Forces, and the Making of Modern Southeast Asia 2. Demography and Domination in Southeast Asia 3. Ming Colonial Armies in Fifteenth Century Southeast Asia Experimenting with Tools of Conquest and Domination 4. Ethnicity and Martial Races: The Garde Indigène of Cambodia in the 1880s to 1890s 5. Double-Edged Swords of Conquest in Indochina: Tirailleurs Tonkinois, Chasseurs Annamites, and Militias, 1883-1895 6. The Mixed Company: Fighting Power and Ethnic Relations in the Dutch Colonial Army, 1890-1920 Loyalty and Revolt in the Era of Nationalism and War 7. American Exceptionalism in Colonial Forces? The Philippine Scout Mutiny of 1924 8. French Military Dilemmas in Indochina from 1900 to 1945: The Yen Bay Mutiny and its Aftermath 9. Colonial Forces in British Burma: A National Army Postponed Decolonisation 10. The Impact of the Japanese Occupation on Colonial and Anti-Colonial Armies 11. Imperialism and Decolonisation in Southeast Asia: Colonial Forces and British World Power Post Colonial Analyses and Residues 12. Colonial Militias in East Timor from the Portuguese Period to Independence 13. Colonial Forces and Postcolonial Memories: The Malay Regiment in Malaysia and Singapore