FOREWORD＆BY K．M．PANIKKAR 5
AUTHOR＇S PREFACE 12
INTRODUCTION 19
1．The Asia of the Centuries 21
2．Invasion from the West 26
3．Religion and Nationalism 30
4．The Political and Social Revolution 34
5．Geographical and Historical Divisions 37
FIRST PERIOD 1900-1914：THE AWAKENING OF ASIA 43
1．The Turkish Empire 45
2．The Japanese Empire 50
3．The Chinese Empire 56
4．India-Pakistan 62
5．Korea，Formosa，the Philippines and Indonesia 67
6．Indochina，Malaya，Thailand and Burma 73
7．Afghanistan and Iran 80
8．The Arab Countries 87
9．Egypt and the Soudan 93
SECOND PERIOD 1914-1919：THE＇DEGLORIFICATION＇OF THE WEST 99
1．The First World War 101
2．The Turkish Empire 107
3．The Arab Countries 111
4．The Russian Empire 116
5．Japan，China，Mongolia and Korea 124
6．Thailand，India-Pakistan，Indonesia，Indochina，Malaya，Persia and Afghanistan 132
THIRD PERIOD 1919-1941：REACTION AND ACTION 141
1．Soviet Asia 143
2．Japan 155
3．Turkey 166
4．The Arab Countries(i) 172
5．The Arab Countries(ii) 178
6．Egypt 191
7．Iran and Afghanistan 196
8．China(i) 206
9．China(ii) 214
10．The Philippines and Indonesia 224
11．Indochina，Malaya and Thailand 238
12．India-Pakistan(i) 249
13．India-Pakistan(ii)and Burma 258
FOURTH PERIOD 1941-1945：STORM OVER ASIA 273
1．The Second World War：a general view 275
2．The Second World War in Africa 284
3．Iran and Afghanistan 289
4．India-Pakistan 294
5．Burma，Thailand，Indochina and Malaya 301
6．Indonesia and the Philipines 312
7．China 321
8．Japan and the Second World War 331