Southeast Asia from Depression to Re-occupation, 1925–45 by Malcolm Caldwell, provides a critical analysis of the forces that shaped modern Southeast Asia. Caldwell examines the impact of the global economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s on the region, exposing how colonial economies collapsed under the weight of plummeting commodity prices while imperialist powers ruthlessly suppressed nationalist uprisings. The text highlights the rise of revolutionar…