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Blood and Silk - Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia's power dynamics, vivid and personal.

The book is like having a backstage pass to the geopolitical drama of Southeast Asia, where Vatikiotis's expertise shines. It's like sitting down with the very people shaping the region's future while navigating through the eye of their cultural typhoon. You get a mix of intimate anecdotes with in-depth analysis, making you feel like an insider in a world where power plays are as intricate as the silk referenced in the title. If you're curious about the forces shaping modern Southeast Asia beneath its glittering surface, this is it.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Blood and Silk - Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia

Regular price ₱539.55
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ISBN: 9781474602013
Date of Publication: 2017-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Economics, History
Related Topics: History, Politics, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 476 readers)

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Southeast Asia is a poster child for a model of development - building of modern infrastructure and open markets to fuel economic growth - that for almost three decades has lifted most of the ten countries of the region out of poverty. Yet beyond the beach clubs and plush five-star hotel lobbies, the heart of Southeast Asia is a dark and forbidding place where lust for power and naked greed mean that ordinary people's lives are uncertain and insecure, with conflict never far below the calm surface of outward politeness. Confounding those who argue that democracy and stability march hand in hand with growth and development, Southeast Asia's social and political transformation has been haltingly slow and marked by pronounced periods of protracted conflict and upheaval - Thailand alone has witnessed two military coups since the turn of the twentieth century. Violence haunts the political landscape and is entrenched in the small wars that unceasingly afflict the margins. Blood and Silk begins as a journey, the author's own long voyage of discovery in the region over the past three decades. What follows is a taxonomy of sorts, a detailed delving into the different forms of conflict, ranging from the prevalence of elite power struggles with violent consequences to ethnic and religious wars, and territorial disputes. Vatikiotis aims to dispel the myth of a tropical Arcady, and give proper consideration to the grim reality of perpetual threats to lives and livelihoods in Southeast Asia. For etched on the faces
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Southeast Asia's power dynamics, vivid and personal.

The book is like having a backstage pass to the geopolitical drama of Southeast Asia, where Vatikiotis's expertise shines. It's like sitting down with the very people shaping the region's future while navigating through the eye of their cultural typhoon. You get a mix of intimate anecdotes with in-depth analysis, making you feel like an insider in a world where power plays are as intricate as the silk referenced in the title. If you're curious about the forces shaping modern Southeast Asia beneath its glittering surface, this is it.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.