Singapore: NUS Press, 2008. Paperback. New. New.The book is designed to be both an introduction for the general reader and for the political science student to the many facets of political Islam that exist today.The author is both a Professor of International Relations and Coordinator of the Muslim Studies Programme at the University of Michigan so is well qualified to deal with the subject in an approachable and thoughtful manner. The book covers not only Islamic politics in the Middle East, but in Asia ... more information

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New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. This book was written at a time when the Cold War in Asia and the Konfrontasi between Indonesia and Malaysia were in full swing. This veteran war and foreign correspondent was concerned that the West was not taking enough notice of the vulnerability of the Malay Archipelago to Communist and Indonesian subversion. Since Brackman had particular Indonesian experience a major focus of the book is Indonesia's "multicomplex" str... more information

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Lawrenceville, NJ, USA: Red Sea Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. New. New. Professor Gunn takes a refreshing look at the authoritarian "Asian Value" model of Government and its role in the wrecking of Southeast Asia's 'economic miracle' of the 1980s. His examination of the legacy of the fractured societies left behind by British, Dutch and Portuguese colonialism in Malaysia, Indonesia and East Timor respectively, provide us with interesting insights as to how the 'Malay Wor... more information

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Singapore: NUS Press, 2010. Paperback. New. New. It's probably a little known fact that many unrepresentative Governments have ceded much control of significant tracts of country - the "no man's land" of the book's title - to rebel groups. In Southeast Asia examples include Burma/Myanmar, the Phillipines, Thailand and Indonesia. This last country is the principal focus of this book. The author, through extensive interviews and examination of documentary records, discovers how such g... more information

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