xxx, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Toward an Approach of Post-colonial Statecraft in Southeast Asia -- 1.1.A serendipitous entry -- 1.2.Encountering the strongman -- 1.3.State-building in the post-colonial Philippines -- 1.4.Toward an approach of post-colonial statecraft in Southeast A...

Contents note continued: 3.4.The divide and rule practice in the Burmese Golden Triangle, 1950s-2000s -- 3.4.1.1950-89: driving away the KMT and containing Shan separatism -- 3.4.2.1989-2009: dismantling the CPB and weakening the strongmen -- 3.5.The brokerage practice in the Philippine Cagayan Vall...

Contents note continued: 4.6.Conclusion -- 5.Sovereignty Re-enacted: Philippine Art for Governing African Coups -- 5.1.In search of an East Asian solution to an African problem -- 5.2.Neo-colonialism: taproots of sub-Saharan African coups -- 5.3.Trajectories of the Sierra Leonean civil wars -- 5.3.1...

Contents note continued: 6.2.Tuao and the making of the Itawes Philippines in historical perspective -- 6.3.Policing the land reform -- 6.4.Implanting the networks of eyes and ears -- 6.5.The symbolism of guns, goons and gold -- 6.6.Instilling fear through enshrining bravery -- 6.7.Conclusion -- 7.E...

Contents note continued: 8.4.The s̀piral of vendettas' is a science too -- 8.5.Who killed Leonardo Mamba? -- 8.6.Who killed Roberto Guimbuayan? -- 8.7.Forgiving discursively: Cristina's karma justice -- 8.8.Conclusion -- 9.Conclusion: The Frontiers Revisited -- 9.1.Summary of the argument -- 9.2.The...