Malaysian Maverick

Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times
2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-36786-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 363 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific

This second edition in paper back offers in a single comprehensive volume the misdeeds and scandals that occurred during Mahathir Mohamad two decades as prime minister of Malaysia and afterwards. It includes Mahathir's response to the first edition and engages with the debate about Mahathir's legacy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wain, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: THE MAKING OF A MALAY CHAMPION Politicized by War and Peace An Early Introduction to Brutal Politics PART II: PRIME MINISTER FOR LIFE, ALMOST From Outcast to Presidential Premier The Vision of a Modern Nation A Volatile Mix of Business and Politics Scandal, What Scandal? Big, Bigger, Bust An Uncrowned King The Perils of a Pragmatic Islam A Strident Voice for the Third World The Destruction of a Designated Heir PART III: TURMOIL IN RETIREMENT A Bare-Knuckle Brawl over One Man's Legacy A Place in History

Über Autor(innen)

BARRY WAIN, a former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, was Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. An Australian journalist who lived in Asia fornearly 40years, he was author of , an account of the refugee outflow from Indochina after the Vietnam War.