Sydney.: Allen & Unwin.. First paperback edition.. 2001.. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 295pp, notes, sources, index, paperback. "Spanning two thousand years, Milton Osborne's history of the Mekong is full of remarkable stories - of Spanish and Portugese freebooters and missionaries; French explorers who were recognised in the nineteenth century as the equal of Burton and Livingstone; a martyred Cambodian monsignor and an Australian-educated Vietnamese reflecting on communist rule. The Mekong has been at the heart of two wars, while one of the lands along its course, Cambodia, witnessed the terrible tyranny of the Pol Pot regime. Though Indochina is now at peace, major dam building on the upper Mekong in China and on its lower tributaries pose new threats to the river's future. Vibrant and insightful, Mekong is a masterly chronicle of one of the world's mightiest rivers." Publisher's Description. .