<h1 style="font-weight: normal;" id="s772606751"><font size="2">For those of you who are not aware, Rohan Gunaratna, Arabinda Acharya, and Sabrina Chua came out with a book called <span style="font-style: italic;">Conflict and Terrorism in Southern Thailand </span>in 2005. The book proposes a link between the violence in southern Thailand and transnational Islamic 'mayhem' occurring in other parts of the world.</font></h1><br>Just recently this book was highly praised by Sandra Leavitt as a "must-read" in "Studies in Conflict and Terrorism" (Vol.30, No.4). <br>For her review, please see: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a772606751&fulltext=713240928<br><br>I urge anyone who is considering this 'must-read' to glance over another review previously written by Michael Connors in the Journal of Critical Asian Studies (Vo1.38, No.1), which can also be found in Duncan McCargo's recently edited volume, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rethinking Thailand's
Southern Violence</span> (2007). This book has some severe problems with its sources, application of information, and conclusions.<br><br>michael jerryson<br><br><BR><BR>Michael K. Jerryson<br>PhD. Candidate<br>Dept. Religious Studies,<br>University California-Santa Barbara<br><div style="text-align: left;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="text-align: center;">"The man who finds his country sweet is only a raw beginner; <br></div><div style="text-align: center;">the man for whom each country is as his own is already strong; <br>but only the man for whom the whole world is as a foreign country is perfect."<br>- Eric Auerbach, Mimesis (10.2005)<br><br>"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." <br>- Simone de Beauvoir, Second
Sex (7.2003)</div>