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The Mahathir Legacy: A nation divided, a region at risk
Author(s): Ian Stewart (Author)
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty LTD
- Publication Date: 3 Jan. 2003
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 186508977X
- ISBN-13: 9781865089775
Book Description
“This comprehensive analysis of contemporary Malaysia and the struggle for its political and economic leadership takes a close look at Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Highlighted are Mahathirs 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 Malaysias future; with Mahathir 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.”
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About the Author
Ian Stewart began his journalism career in the 1950s with The New Zealand, Sydney and Melbourne Heralds. In 1974 he became the New Yorks Times’ South Pacific Correspondence, and from the late seventies into the eighties he worked as a freelance journalist in Singapore. From 1995-2001 he wrote for The Australian and the South China Morning Post on Malaysia’a changing political climate. He was twice elected president of The Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong and was also president of the Foreign Correspondent Association of Singapore.
