Most of the countries of south-east Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brunei and Burma, though extremely diverse in their cultures and political systems, have two things in common: up to 1997, they had been enjoying extraordinary economic growth; after 1997, their economies have crashed. After years of growth rates that Western politicians would die for, things have started going badly wrong for the countries of south-east Asia. Victor Mallet's book uses interviews with politicians and drug addicts, environmentalists and warlords, prostitutes, peasant farmers and captains of industry. It examines in detail the miracle that turned sour. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Title: The Trouble With Tigers: The Rise and Fall of South-East Asia
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0002558602
ISBN 13: 9780002558600
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 658 grams

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The most frank, readable and detailed account available in the English language of the political, economic, environmental and cultural changes sweeping through south-east Asia.Most of the countries of south-east Asia Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brunei and Burma though extremely diverse in their cultures and political systems, have two things in up to 1997, they had been enjoying extraordinary economic growth; after 1997, their economies have crashed.After years of growth rates that Western politicians would die for, things have started going badly wrong for the countries of south-east Asia.Victor Mallets remarkable book uses interviews with politicians and drug addicts, environmentalists and warlords, prostitutes, peasant farmers and captains of industry. The result is evocative reportage of incomparable intelligence.The Trouble with Tigers examines in detail the miracle that turned sour. It looks closely the debate about the existence of Asian values the relationship between democracy and authoritarianism SE Asias Generation X as wild and happy-go-lucky as any Western teenagers the regions political and business leaders the environmental disaster befalling the region power politics between Russia, China and the United States in the regionThe book concludes that though Asia has enjoyed enormous economic growth in recent years, it now faces formidable environmental, social and political challenges.

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Victor Mallet is South Africa correspondent for the Financial Times. Prior to that he was deputy Features Editor and South-East Asia correspondent for that newspaper. In 1990, as Middle East correspondent for Reuters, he was the only western journalist in Kuwait City when the Iraqis invaded.

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