Beyond Mahathir

Reviews of the author's previous book, Paradoxes of Mahathirism: An Intellectual Biography of Mahathir Mohamad, (OUP, 1995). '...a genuinely enlightening biography. This is a well balanced study, meticulously documented, thoughtfully analyzed, detached to a fault and interesting throughout. 'Paradoxes of Mahathirism' is a pioneering book, which no one interested in Malaysian politics should fail to read.' - Journal of Malaysian Studies, Vol XIII, No 2, Dec 1995 '[This] intellectual biography...is a masterpiece of analysis, written with both sensitivity and panache.' - Bulletin of SOAS, Vol 62, 1999 'The book presents a thorough and lucid account of Mahathir's political ideas...Khoo provides persuasive explanations for Mahathir's ideological perspective and justifications for his public policy pronouncements...The scholarship is thorough and comprehensive with a writing style that is crisp and lucid. The book should appeal to a wide public readership and be of special interest to area specialists. It is a very worthy addition to a large and growing shelf of excellent works on Malaysian politics and public policy issues.' - American Historical Review, Vol 103, No 2, 1998 'Khoo Boo Teik's...study [is] a valuable source of knowledge and a good starting point for any further inquiries into the Malaysian political scene. [His] work [is] rich in factual information, in thorough analysis of circumstantial backgrounds and in subtle yet convincing judgements...Suffice it to say that reading 'The Paradoxes of Mahathirism' can be regarded as a must for any observer of Malaysia's social, economic and political scene at present or in the years to come...reading Khoo Boo Teik is neither tiresome, nor boring. Indeed, his language is in the best tradition of the English historical literature.' - Archiv Orientalni 64, 1996 '...a uniquely lucid and convincing exposition of what is unquestionably a most complex and enigmatic political career... One might even say that Khoo's book will serve as the benchmark reference for all subsequent scholarly work on the political life of Mahathir' - Singapore Business Times, Weekend Edition, July 29, 1995