Giants of Asia: Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 981434687X

He began his professional career as a family physician but wound up prescribing innovative political medicines for the entire nation that remain controversial even today. Was he exactly the bold and fearless policy doctor that the troubled body politic of Malaysia needed? Or was he just another mendacious mediocrity with a record of persistent misdiagnoses, phony remedies and self-serving justifications? Only history’s judgment can offer the final verdict but Dr Mahathir himself is in no doubt. In a riveting series of unprecedented conversations, Malaysia’s most famous former prime minister reveals to American journalist and author Tom Plate a panoramic panoply of views on governing, on Islam, on Jews, on the West and on Malays that are striking in historical sweep and contemporary relevance.

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9814435678

Political genius is never without controversy, or without mystery. This is what makes it so interesting and so rare. Is Lee Kuan Yew the feral, authoritarian figure that Western critics claim? Or a stoic pioneer in new approaches to developing a nation—uncorrupt, modern, almost scientific? American journalist Tom Plate first interviewed the founder of modern Singapore in 1996 in a continuing back-and-forth with LKY that led to the summer of 2009, when the former prime minister agreed to sit down for two days of unprecedentedly informal but intense conversations that led to this special book.This new edition includes fascinating excerpts from prior interviews, as well as the author’s assessment of the man who goes down in history as the world’s longest-serving prime minister—and as one of the most unforgettable political figures of modern times. “You have done a superb job of capturing the many facets of this extraordinary man...." - Dr Henry A. Kissinger on Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew.

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew

Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Conversations with Giants of A
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9789814677615

Lee Kuan Yew was no one's fool and handled know-it-all Western journalists well when he cared to deal with them at all.

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Thaksin

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Thaksin
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2011-12-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814382574

Going home is an iconic theme of literature and music that touches everyone’s heart. Bur rarely has that journey looked more like an impossible dream than for Thaksin Shinawatra, the much loved and much hated former prime minister of Thailand. Expelled from the former Siam by a military coup in 2006, the cell-phone billionaire retreated to a dacha in Dubai to bide his time and plot his triumphant return.While in exile in Dubai, Thaksin tells his tale of triumph and betrayal to American journalist Tom Plate as well as his personal thoughts about poverty reduction, power politics, the future of democracy in Asia — and why he prefers to lose at golf. In this volume, Plate masterfully dissects the mogul who ran his country like a CEO until the tanks came to show who was boss.

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Ban Ki-Moon

Giants of Asia: Conversations with Ban Ki-Moon
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814408832

Only eight people have been privileged to hold the job of Secretary General since the United Nations’ founding in 1945. And only one of them has ever told the inside story of the UN while still holding that special office. That man is Ban Ki-moon, the veteran diplomat and former star foreign minister of South Korea now in his second term as “SG”. Because he understands that the UN is in crisis – and because he fears the reasons for this are not widely understood – he believes it is time to unveil the truth about the organization and explain why its failure would be a catastrophe. The result, via unprecedented conversations with American journalist Tom Plate, is a deeply revealing book about the kinds of issues and challenges whose resolutions (or lack thereof) will in fact determine the future of the world.

The Fine Art of The Political Interview

The Fine Art of The Political Interview
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814677574

For decades veteran journalist Tom Plate, the author of the ‘Giants of Asia’ series, has been engineering headline-making interviews with presidents to prime ministers to mob figures. Some were easy to deal with; others were complicated challenges. In this revealing book — part manual, part memoir — Plate offers a candid and comprehensive view of how to conduct the VIP interview. Is the Banderilla approach wise? What’s a ‘Viagra question’? Is there an interview etiquette? Detailed tips provide an insider’s perspective on what happens when the doors close, the interview pad comes out, and the political conversation begins. An important, revealing and entertaining book – half manual, half memoir and all true.

Malaysian Maverick

Malaysian Maverick
Author: B. Wain
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-11-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230251234

Mahathir Mohamad turned Malaysia into one of the developing world's most successful economies. He adopted pragmatic economic policies alongside repressive political measures and showed that Islam was compatible with representative government and modernization. He emerged as a Third World champion and Islamic spokesman by standing up to the West.

Yo-Yo Diplomacy (Tom Plate on Asia): An American Columnist Tackles The Ups-and-Downs Between China and the US

Yo-Yo Diplomacy (Tom Plate on Asia): An American Columnist Tackles The Ups-and-Downs Between China and the US
Author: Tom Plate
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814779482

The third of the “Tom Plate on Asia” series, Yo-Yo Diplomacy compiles the compelling and insightful columns on Asia by award-winning journalist Tom Plate over the past two years. From tensions in the South China Sea to China’s stock market turbulence and Hong Kong’s bookseller saga, the veteran columnist continues to examine the rise of Asia and the role of America in this dynamic and diverse region. The collection is enlivened with thoughtful retrospectives and personal comments providing vivid backstories. The result is an informative and readable anthology that would prove valuable not only political and current affairs commentators, but also to the layperson wishing to learn more about pivotal developments in the Asia-Pacific region