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Author Lee, Terence, 1972- author.

Title Defect or defend : military responses to popular protests in authoritarian Asia / by Terence Lee
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)
Contents The military and people power revolts -- Authoritarian institutions: power sharing, personalism, and military defection -- Personalism in the Philippines : the fall of Marcos (1986) -- Personalism in Indonesia : the fall of Suharto (1998) -- Power sharing authoritarianism in China and Burma -- Thinking comparatively: the military and people power revolts
Summary This book will appeal to students and scholars of comparative politics, Asian studies, security studies, and international relations, as well as defense policymakers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-241) and index
Notes English
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Subject Soeharto, 1921-2008.
SUBJECT Soeharto, 1921-2008
Soeharto, 1921-2008 fast
Subject Protest movements -- Asia -- Case studies
Authoritarianism -- Asia -- Case studies
Buddhist monks -- Political activity -- Burma
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Armed Forces -- Political activity
Authoritarianism
Politics and government
Protest movements
SUBJECT Asia -- Armed Forces -- Political activity -- Case studies
Philippines -- History -- Revolution, 1986. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006320
Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1966-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065763
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004135
Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92002200
Subject Asia
Burma
China
Indonesia
Philippines
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421415178
1421415178
1421415178