Nicholas Tarling
Nicholas Tarling was born in 1931. He earned his PhD at Cambridge. In 1957 he began teaching European and Asian history at the University of Queensland. In 1965 he became an associate professor of history at the University of Auckland New Zealand, going on to become a full professor in 1968. He retired from academia in 1996. He has published more than 30 books, mostly on the topic of Asian history, but also about opera and university policy.
Works (20)

The Cambridge history of Southeast Asia

The fall of Imperial Britain in South-East Asia

Southeast Asia

Britain and the West New Guinea dispute, 1949-1962

Britain, Southeast Asia, and the impact of the Korean War

Imperialism in Asia

From Versailles to Pearl Harbor

Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War

Sulu and Sabah

Britain, Southeast Asia and the onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950

The sun never sets

A concise history of Southeast Asia

A sudden rampage

The burthen, the risk, and the glory

Nations and states in Southeast Asia

Nationalism in Southeast Asia

Sun Never Sets

Britain, the Brookes, and Brunei

International Students in New Zealand

A sudden rampage