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Happy Isles In Crisis: The Historical Causes for a failing State in Solomon Islands, 1998-2004
Moore (history, U. of Queensland, Australia) has written a clear and detailed account of the political and economic issues and events that led to the distressing effects caused by corruption and poor governance in the Solomon Islands in recent years. The people, issues, controversies, and motivations of the various political groups, logging companies, and government leaders are described in separate sections, providing a thorough overview of the complex political scene. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
265 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2004
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Dense with lots of good information about the post colonial Solomon islands until 2004. The author's perspective is very clearly Australian and that shines through on his rosy analysis of RAMSI and explanation of domestic SI politics as essentially non-ideological Big Man politics (largely but not completely true).
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