1st Edition

The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia Conflict and Leadership

Edited By Marcus Mietzner Copyright 2011
192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In the late 1990s, prominent scholars of civil-military relations detected a decline in the political significance of the armed forces across Southeast Asia. A decade later, however, this trend seems to have been reversed. The Thai military launched a coup in 2006, the Philippine armed forces expanded their political privileges under the Arroyo presidency, and the Burmese junta successfully... Read more

Preface  1. Conflict and leadership: the resurgent political role of the military in Southeast Asia - Marcus Mietzner   2. The armed forces of Burma: The constant sentinel - Susanne Prager Nyein  3. Thaksin, the military and Thailand’s protracted political crisis - Pavin Chachavalpongpun  4. Military politics in contemporary Vietnam: political engagement, corporate interests and professionalism - Carlyle A. Thayer  5. The military in Philippine politics: still politicized and increasingly autonomous - Aries A. Arugay  6. The armed forces in Timor-Leste: politicization through elite conflict - Douglas Kammen  7. The political marginalization of the military in Indonesia: democratic consolidation, leadership and institutional reform - Marcus Mietzner  8. The armed forces and politics in Singapore: the persistence of civil-military fusion - Tan Tai Yong

Biography

Marcus Mietzner is Senior Lecturer at the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. He is the author of Military Politics, Islam, and the State in Indonesia: From Turbulent Transition to Democratic Consolidation.

"This useful little book of essays is a welcome addition to the literature on the subject." – Robert H Taylor, Asian Affairs, July 2012.