This book represents the single most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on the major political systems and processes in East, South, and Southeast Asia. It studies nations on a country-by-country basis—China, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Loas, and Cambodia—and provides a basis for comparison by utilizing a set of common integrated themes—the land and people, social forces, political institutions and processes, the role of the military in politics, and political policy making and performance.