id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt books-google-com-1421 The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future - Milton Osborne - Google Books .html text/html 894 88 65 The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future Milton Osborne Google Books User Review jakkrits LibraryThingThroughout the book "The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future", Milton Osborne details the experiences of the early Mekong explorations of the French expedition team back in the colonial era ... User Review Not Available Book VerdictThe author admits that the enormous power and potential of the Mekong River is his obsession, begun when he was a foreign service officer and subsequently cultivated through four decades of traveling ... A compelling, lively narrative history of the peoples and cultures of the great river of Southeast Asia, The Mekong spans two thousand years--from the dawn of civilization on the Mekong Delta to the political and environmental challenges the region faces today. ./cache/books-google-com-1421.html ./txt/books-google-com-1421.txt