TY - BOOK AU - MCCARGO Duncan TI - State of denial PY - 2006/// KW - THAILAND KW - POLITICS N2 - The conflict in Thailand's south reflects a failure of political leadership. Since January 2004 more than 1,700 people have been killed. The conflict is primarily a political problem requiring a political solution. But Thaksin is preoccupied with his own survival. He is in office but not in power ER -