Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia

The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans

Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia

Who's Who in Pacific Navigation

The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V

Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire

On China

Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China

Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire

When China Rules The World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World [Greatly updated and expanded]

Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and Reintegration

Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy

Gods, Ghosts, and Gangsters: Ritual Violence, Martial Arts, and Masculinity on the Margins of Chinese Society

Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots

From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda: Images of China in American Film