The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr. Ismail and His TimeInsitute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006 - 311 halaman 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 of Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the May 13 riots, and the New Economic Policy. This book contains not only new facts about Malaysian and Singaporean history, but also insights into the processes of decolonization and nation building. |
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Chapter One The Acting Prime Minister Dies | 3 |
Chapter Two Life before Politics | 13 |
Chapter Three UMNO and the Road to Merdeka | 45 |
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Abdul Rahman Yassin Abdullah Alliance ambassador American April Asian asked August Australia became British cabinet Chin Peng Chinese Committee Communist Courtesy of NSTP Dato Datuk decided delegation Drifting economic elections father Federal foreign Gagliano Ghazali golf Hamzah high commissioner Home Affairs Hussein Ibrahim independence Indonesia interview 28 ISEAS issues January Johor Bahru July June Kuala Lumpur later leaders Lee Kuan Yew Letters Lim Chong Eu London Mahathir Malay Malaya Malaysia March meeting Melbourne Ministry Musa Hitam Neno non-Malays official Onn Ja'afar parliament party Penang Philip Kuok Plate political president Puthucheary Razaleigh remembers retirement riots Robert Kuok secretary Selangor September 2005 Shahriman Siew Singapore Singapore's Sopiee Southeast Asia Studies Suleiman Sultan Tan Siew Sin Tawfik told Tun Dr Ismail Tun Razak Tunku Abdul Rahman Tunku Ja'afar UMNO UMNO's United Nations week wife Zailah Zakaria