Southeast Asia And The Enemy Beyond

This book explores elite perceptions of the external threats facing the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) drawing on Dr. Tilman's interviews with senior political military and intellectual leaders in Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines Singapore and Thailand. He supplements his interviews with an examination of their writings speeches and other public statements which he examines in the context of the history geography culture and governmental structures of each country. He addresses the fundamental questions of the extent to which these perceptions differ and why. His focus throughout is on subjective reality--the world as it is perceived by the leadership of the ASEAN nations.