Red v. Yellow
Joshua Kurlantzick: Thailand, 25 March 2010
Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
by Duncan McCargo.
Cornell, 227 pp., £12.95,9780801474996 Show More
by Duncan McCargo.
Cornell, 227 pp., £12.95,
“... of all were Thaksin’s policies in the south of the country. In Tearing Apart the Land, Duncan McCargo gives a thorough explanation of why unrest began in the region, and why it has spread. The southern provinces essentially formed an independent state until the turn of the 20th century, and have chafed at Bangkok’s rule ever since. In the ... ”