Martin Stuart-Fox

A history of the great Lao kingdom that flourished in the middle Mekong region between the 14th and 18th centuries. Chapters deal with prehistory of Laos, the Tai-Lao migrations, Vietnamese and Burmese invasions and the arrival of the first Europeans, the breakup of the Lao kingdom, the significance of the Lao-Siamese war of 1827-28, and the French annexation of Lao territories in 1893.

A study of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, founded in 1975. Chapters deal with the formation of modern Laos, the French in Indochina, the Lao revolution, Buddhism in the modern Marxist state, agricultural cooperatives, relations with Vietnam, the constitution, etc.