Wrestling with Asia: A Memoir
Frank Mount
Paperback, 393 pages
ISBN: 9781921421679
$34.95
Release date - 9th July, 2012
This fascinating and engrossing book should be read by anyone with an interest in the Vietnam War, Southeast Asia and Australia’s relations with the region.
It offers exciting behind-the-scenes insights into:
· The Vietnam War and its strategic importance to the region
· Ted Serong, the CIA and the Phoenix Program in Vietnam
· The Rise and Fall of Soeharto
· Bob Santamaria, the Pacific Institute and the Asia Pacific Community
· The growth of regional co-operation leading to ASEAN and APEC
· Democratisation and the Rise of Radical Islam
· And Much More
Follow Frank through the war zones of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, guerrilla-infested areas of Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines and the exotic capitals of the region.
"I was totally my own boss," says Frank. "Santamaria in effect handed me a bag full of money and said ‘go and report’."
Ted Serong said hubristically: "I’ll run the war, you run the politics, keep me informed, and build the regional Southeast Asian architecture."
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