Since January 2004, a violent separatist insurgency has raged in southern Thailand, resulting in more than three thousand deaths. Though largely unnoticed outside Southeast Asia, the rebellion in Pattani and neighboring provinces and the Thai government's harsh crackdown have resulted in a full-scal
Tearing apart the land : Islam and legitimacy in Southern Thailand
β Scribed by McCargo, Duncan
- Publisher
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xxv, 235 p. :
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