Start with high-confidence southeast asian history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Krakatoa
Simon Winchester
The Last Wild Men of Borneo
Carl Hoffman
Vietnam
Stanley Karnow
The River's Tale
Edward Gargan
The Path to Vietnam
Andrew J. Rotter
Singapore: World City
Kim Inglis
A Brief History of Indonesia
Tim Hannigan
A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia
Christopher Hale
Photography in Cambodia
Nicholas Coffill
The Indonesia Reader
Tineke Hellwig, Eric Tagliacozzo
What Was the Vietnam War?
Jim O'Connor, Who HQ
The Jakarta Method
Vincent Bevins
Philippines - Culture Smart!
Graham Colin-Jones, Yvonne Quahe Colin-Jones
Cambodia - Culture Smart!
Kate Reavill
Enchanted Land
Graham Jefcoate
