This second edition in paper back offers in a single comprehensive volume themisdeeds 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. BARRY WAIN, a former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, is Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. An Australian journalist who has lived in Asia fornearly 40years, he is author of 'The Refused', an account of the refugee outflow from Indochina after the Vietnam War. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: THE MAKING OF A MALAY CHAMPION - Politicized by War and Peace - An Early Introduction to Brutal Politics - PART II: PRIMEMINISTER FOR LIFE, ALMOST - From Outcast to Presidential Premier - The Visionof 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-36785-2
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 09/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés