Download or read book Malaysian Maverick written by B. Wain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.