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- About this book
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Mahathir Mohamad turned Malaysia into one of the developing world's most successful economies. He adopted pragmatic economic policies alongside repressive political measures and showed that Islam was compatible with representative government and modernization. He emerged as a Third World champion and Islamic spokesman by standing up to the West.
- About the authors
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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 for 37 years, he was author of The Refused, an account of the refugee outflow from Indochina after the Vietnam War.
- Reviews
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'...an astute and thorough new biography...' The Economist
...it reads like a thriller...this is a book about Malaysia that must be read.' The Jakarta Post
'Mr. Wain's book is biography at its best.' The Wall Street Journal
'...a masterful biography...Malaysian Maverick is both meticulous and magisterial. This is journalism of the highest order.' Lowy Institute for International Policy
'Barry Wain's Malaysian Maverick will, for a long time to come, be the best companion for a painful national soul-searching for Malaysia...Wain spent two-and-a-half years painstakingly putting together this revealing book...For those who want a peek into the rollercoaster years under Dr. Mahathir and at the same time search for a different future for Malaysia, this is an indispensable guide.' - Malaysiana
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Politicized by War and Peace
Pages 3-21
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An Early Introduction to Brutal Politics
Pages 22-49
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From Outcast to Presidential Premier
Pages 53-84
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The Vision of a Modern Nation
Pages 85-123
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A Volatile Mix of Business and Politics
Pages 124-148
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Malaysian Maverick
- Book Subtitle
- Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times
- Authors
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- B. Wain
- Series Title
- Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-25123-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230251236
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-23873-2
- Series ISSN
- 2662-222X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 363
- Topics
