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Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia

`A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries` FINANCIAL TIMES`A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia` THANT MYINT-UWhy are the region`s richest countries such as Malaysia riddled with corruption? Why do Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines harbour unresolved violent insurgencies? How do deepening religious divisions in Indonesia and Malaysia and China`s growing influence affect the region and the rest of the world? Thought-provoking and eye-opening, Blood and Silk is an accessible, personal look at modern Southeast Asia, written by one of the region`s most experienced outside observers. This is a first-hand account of what it`s like to sit at the table with deadly Thai Muslim insurgents, mediate between warring clans in the Southern Philippines and console the victims of political violence in Indonesia – all in an effort to negotiate peace, and understand the reasons behind endemic violence.

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