Decades before al-Qaeda took shape, religious radicals in Southeast Asia were laying the groundwork for a struggle to achieve a backward-looking utopia. This is the story of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the secretive organization that spans no less than half a dozen nations and seeks the full implementation of their intolerant take on Islam.

In The Second Front: Inside Asias Most Dangerous Terrorist Network, best-selling author Ken Conboy pieces together the planning and execution of JIs most deadly terrorist acts from exclusive interviews and classified reports. In details never before revealed,...

In a nation where the military has played an influential social and political role since its founding, perhaps no unit has wielded more power-and seen more action-than Kopassus, Indonesias Special Forces. From the jungles of Irian Jaya to the backrooms of Jakartas most powerful political figures, this elite group of commandos has influenced nearly every major policy decision taken since its inception in 1952.

Here, for the first time, this secretive and controversial unit is exposed in KOPASSUS: Inside Indonesias Special Forces by acclaimed author Ken Conboy. In this new age of terrorism and...

The first comprehensive history of Forces Armees Nationales Khmeres-the Cambodian National Armed Forces-this fully-illustrated volume highlights the quarter of a million members of the Cambodian army, air force, and navy that saw daily combat during the five tumultuous years of the Khmer Republic. Although the war in Cambodia has been dubbed a -sideshow- to the larger, more widely reported conflict in neighboring Vietnam, the battles in Cambodia-a country smaller than the state of Oklahoma-were pivotal to U.S. foreign policy and played a critical factor in the final years of the Vietnam...