Underground Asia

Explore the untold story of how modern Asia emerged from the shadowy networks of revolutionaries who fought against European imperialism in the early twentieth century. This epic tale follows the interconnected lives of the most remarkable Marxists, anarchists, and nationalists, including Ho Chi Minh and Tan Malaka, as they built clandestine webs of resistance from imperial capitals to the front lines of insurgency. Discover a world of stowaways, false identities, secret codes, cheap firearms, and conspiracies as these revolutionaries fought with subterfuge, violence, and persuasion to shape Asia's destiny to this day.