Mahathir mohamad Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk

Mahathir Mohamad Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk,a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Malaysia and the struggle for its political and economic leadership takes a close look at former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Highlighted are Mahathir's two decades in power and the path of economic progress and political stability on which he has guided Malaysia. But, in 1998, a falling-out with his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, escalated into the Anwar affair, which damaged the credibility of the administration and spurred fundamentalist opposition to Mahathir and the direction the country was heading. This book details the concerns for Malaysia's future; with Mahathir Mohamad set to retire in the fall of 2003 and concerns that the country is becoming a hotbed of terrorists and zealots, Malaysia is at political and economic crossroads and the balance of power in Southeast Asia is at risk.

Mahathir Mohamad Legacy: A Nation Divided, a Region at Risk is writen by Ian Stewart, a journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Australian, The South China Morning Post, The New Zealand Herald, The Sydney Herald, and The Melbourne Herald. He is the author of The Peking Payoff, The Seizing of Peking, Deadline in Jakarta, and Reunion.

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Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times

"Malaysia Maverick : Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times" is a good book about Mahathir Bin Mohamad, former Malaysia prime minister. The main focus is on his time as a prime minister, but also includes chapters on his life before joining politics, his rise to power and his time after stepping down. The book is not organized in a strictly chronological way, but with one chapter for each major topic, such as Mahathir's 'vision of a modern nation', his economic policies, scandals, monarchy, foreign policy, his rivals etc. Very interesting was the chapter about the struggle over Mahathir's legacy and how things did not work out as he had expected after he stepped down. Some of the chapters are more about the particular topics than about Mahathir and often it is not even apparent what Mahathir's role was.

Mahathir Mohamad turned Malaysia into one of the developing worlds 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. "Malaysia Maverick : Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times" is a book about Malaysia that must be read.

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The Malay Dilemma by Mahathir Mohamad

The Malay Dilemma by former prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad examines and analyses the make-up of the Malays and the problem of racial harmony in Malaysia. First published in 1970, the book seeks to explain the causes for the 13 May 1969 riots in Kuala Lumpur. The book was once bannned, then it was lifted sometime after Mahathir became the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Dr Mahathir sets out his view as to why the Malays are economically backward and why they feel they must insist upon immigrants becoming real Malaysians speaking in due course nothing but Malay, as do immigrants to America or Australia speak nothing but the language of what the author calls "the definitive people". He argues that the Malays are the rightful owners of Malaya. He also argues that immigrants are guests until properly absorbed, and that they are not properly absorbed until they have abandoned the language and culture of their past.

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