![]() ![]() It is neither apology nor defence, but a forceful, compelling and often exciting account of how Dr Mahathir achieved what he did in so short a time, and why. It provides a clear and compelling narrative of modern Malaysian political history as seen through the eyes of one its greatest shapers. Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, author, and physician who served as the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. This book reveals hitherto unknown aspects of this intensely private, but publicly bold, statesman. At almost every turn Dr Mahathir rewrote the rules. He has been described-typically and paradoxically-as a tyrannical dictator, a bĂȘte noir, as well as inspiring, courageous and an outspoken defender of the downtrodden, the Third World, and moderate Islam. He worked as a government medical officer for a while but left in 1957 to set up his own practice in Alor Setar. He studied medicine at King Edward VII College in Singapore. This remarkable achievement was not without controversy, and Dr Mahathir's extraordinary vision and iron grip earned him both enemies as well as ardent admirers within and outside of Malaysia. Born on, Tun is a son of a schoolmaster. ![]() In his twenty-two years as Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr Mahathir Mohamad transformed his country from an agricultural backwater into an industrial powerhouse that would become the seventeenth-largest trading nation in the world. ![]()
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