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The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr Ismail and His Time
Ooi Kee Beng
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Description for The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr Ismail and His Time
hardcover. A biography of Malaysia's powerful Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on 2 August 1973. It is based on his private papers and on numerous interviews with his relatives and with people who knew him well, including Ghafar Baba, Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, and others. Num Pages: 311 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
This is the long-awaited biography of Malaysia's powerful Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on 2 August 1973. It is based on his private papers and on numerous interviews with his relatives and with people who knew him well, including Ghafar Baba, Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Robert Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew and Ghazalie Shafie. New perspectives are provided about the struggle for independence, Malaysia's relationship with Singapore, the origins of Southeast Asian regionalism, the internal conflicts of the ruling party UMNO, MCA-UMNO ties, the fatal illness ... Read more
This is the long-awaited biography of Malaysia's powerful Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on 2 August 1973. It is based on his private papers and on numerous interviews with his relatives and with people who knew him well, including Ghafar Baba, Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Robert Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew and Ghazalie Shafie. New perspectives are provided about the struggle for independence, Malaysia's relationship with Singapore, the origins of Southeast Asian regionalism, the internal conflicts of the ruling party UMNO, MCA-UMNO ties, the fatal illness ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Iseas - Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
, Singapore
ISBN
9789812304254
SKU
V9789812304254
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