Of Underground Asian Revolutionaries and a Deadly Blow to European Imperialism
Tim Harper s latest book, Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire , charts the lives of a group of Asian revolutionaries who set in motion anti-imperialist movements, including Sen Katayama, Ho Chi Minh and others.
(Sitting in row) Sen Katayama (middle) is flanked by Nguyen Ai Quoc on the left, and Grigory Zinoviev on the right. (Standing in row) Tan Malaka (third from left) is flanked by M.N. Roy.
Tim Harperâs book,
Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire, represents a special kind of history writing at its very best. It is breathtaking in its sweep, matchless in its command of diverse sources spread across different archives, remarkable in its empathy for the lives and emotions of forgotten men and women and for the clarity of its prose.