Mekong: Milton Osborne

A popular account of some of the historical highlights of exploration and development along the Mekong, Milton Osborne's offering is as much travelogue as history. For the more recent material he draws on forty years personal involvement with Southeast Asia, focusing on development issues; for the earlier period he is most fascinated by the history of European exploration. The result is episodic and personal, but also readable and informative.

http://www.amazon.com/Mekong-Turbulent-Past-Uncertain-Future/dp/0802138020

Jon Swain: River of Time

Jon Swain, award-winning Sunday Times of London reporter, looks back at the most memorable moments of his life: his assignments in Phnom Penh and Saigon during the last five years of the American war in Indochina

A beautifully written book.

http://www.amazon.com/River-Time-Vietnam-Jon-Swain/dp/0312169892