The Reluctant Politician : : Tun Dr Ismail and His Time /

The Reluctant Politician : : Tun Dr Ismail and His Time / / Kee Beng Ooi.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Ooi, Kee Beng,
MitwirkendeR:
Abas, Tun Dr Haji Mohd Salleh bin,
Beng, Ooi Kee,
Kesavapany, K.,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2007]
©2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (311 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • PART ONE. Merdeka or Medicine?
  • Chapter 1. THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER DIES
  • Chapter 2. LIFE BEFORE POLITICS
  • Chapter 3. UMNO AND THE ROAD TO MERDEKA
  • Chapter 4. POSITIONING MALAYA IN THE WORLD
  • Chapter 5. THE MAKING AND PARTITIONING OF MALAYSIA
  • PART TWO. Remaking Malaysia
  • Chapter 6. FORCED FROM RETIREMENT
  • Chapter 7. A LACK OF TIME
  • Chapter 8. NAILING THINGS INTO PLACE
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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